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| LEADER OLUMBA OBU DURING ADVICE AND BLESSING 1988 APRIL PENTECOSTAL ASSEMBLY |
Brethren, you have to take today's instructions into your brains,
marrow, and into every part of your body and through your ears so that when you
get to your various homes, you think over them and see whether your life and
behavior are commensurate with the teachings in the Bible. This is so because
each and every one of us has something written about him. Now is the time for
me to remind you of these things,to infuse the words into you and to clad you
with these words as an amour, so that you would examine yourself and see
whether you are walking according to what was written about you.
I had told you before now that the first and foremost assignment
the Holy Spirit asked me to do is to abolish the murder of twin babies and the
castigation of their mothers. A woman has the right to put to birth as many
babies as possible at a time, if she is so blessed by God. The phenomenon is
purely a blessing from God. In fact, you should know that the single birth is
ill-luck.
You will notice that twin children or more are always exceptional.
Consider Isaac and Jacob whose descendants we are, they lived. Adam and Eve,
our first father and mother bore twin children all through.The second thing I
came to abolish is the keeping of mourning houses and the wearing of mourning
clothes.
It is worthy of note, in the first place, that there is nothing
called death; it does not exist, no person dies. The right thing to say is that
the one has gone on transfer. That person said to be dead is very much around
and going about his business. It is against this background that I continue to
tell you that I have a plan. If you read the book I AM THAT I AM, you will
realise the first vision that Prophetess Otom had, and the information
indicating the mission of the Father. I would like somebody who has a copy of
the book handy to read out the portion on the revelation. Part of the
revelation says that a multitude of people were seen clad in white robes and
various other colored garments, and they spoke in different tongues. In
addition, it also revealed a warning to mankind to refrain from stealing,
telling of lies, drinking, polygamy,prostitution and other vices. You can now
see that when the three O's were revealed the Holy Father had not been
physically born into the world and the word of God had not arrived in this part
of the world. That is why I have been telling you that the name, THE SOLE
SPIRITUAL HEAD, has a deeper meaning than you conceive of it. I EXIST IN SPIRIT
AND NOT IN FLESH.
In line with the revelation, today the Father is the One who
directs you on what to do, He guides you. He cures your sickness and raises the
dead. When the revelation came , does it mean that I was existing in the flesh?
All the works you are witnessing today, who do you think is responsible for
them? Is it the flesh or spirit that does the work here? Why then do you not
have implicit faith in the spirit but instead you seek after carnal things?
People who continue to await the time the Leader will die, does it mean that
when the revelation was given by the prophetess the Leader was not in
existence?
You can now realise that the flesh is a visitor or a stranger, but
the spirit is the owner of the house. The former is a temporary building while
the latter is a permanent and concrete building. That is the reason I continue
to tell you that you do not know what Brotherhood is, because if you knew, you
would rejoice immensely because Brotherhood has come to endure forever and
ever. Is there any time the wearers of the white garment will cease to exist or
when the three O's will disappear? Therefore, what I have come to teach you is
love, faith,patience, meekness, endurance, mercy, peace and all the good
virtues. I have nothing to do at all with anything sinful.
What do I preach to you from the beginning of the year to the end?
Is it not the same thing as contained in the second vision? That is the reason
I asked that that portion of the book be read. I have nothing to do with
anything carnal. I do not want carnal knowledge; I am not interested in your
wealth, your beauty, your city, and whatever you have. There is not a
university in this world whose admission I can accept, there is no book I will
read and there is nothing whatsoever I would need in any institution of
learning. I have come with my university unto you. Your problem is that you do
not want to listen.
Now, the first heaven and the first earth have passed away. What
you have now is the new earth and the new heaven. If you can remember the theme
of our sermon marking the new year- Luke 5:38. Brethren have you heard
that? A new wine must be put in a new wine skin. This is a new world,therefore,
it must not be mixed with any worldly thing. Your problem is that you want to
bring into this place things of the carnal world. You are not prepared to
listen to this new teaching in this new kingdom. If you mix a new thing up with
an old one, the new thing will be contaminated and spoiled by the old one.
There is no single truth in the whole world. If you walk through
the entire world you will realise that there is no source of salvation. There
is no other place in the whole world where you could find life ; there is no
person, black or white, who has love; there is no person who is humble; there
is no person who is patient;there is no person who is merciful, and throughout
the entire world there is no single person who has peace and can thus give
another person peace. All those deficiencies clearly indicate the reason I have
come and what my duties are. But now the whole world has rejected me. That
explains why your twenty years in Brotherhood means nothing to you. When a
bottle is filled old water and is taken to the stream, there will be no space
to fill it with fresh and new water. The only available option is to empty the
bottle of its contents, i.e, the old water, go to the stream with an empty
bottle so that you can refill it with new and clean water. For you to receive
this wisdom, you have to purge yourself of your old ways of life and discard
all your old teachings so that you can receive this new teaching. There is no
other hope for the world except Brotherhood. There is no other hope for the
world except in Brotherhood. There is no other way open unto mankind except
the teachings here. There is no other way to the truth for mankind and angels
apart from the truth you are hearing here. There is no other source of
salvation available to mankind anywhere else except what is being imparted to
you here. Of what usefulness will it serve you to call yourself a Brotherhood
and continue to live a kind of life lived by the people of the world?
They themselves will not fail to question what kind of Brotherhood
person you are. It is a very simple thing for the world to repent, if only you
repent, yourselves. Everywhere now people do not hesitate to ask you what your
Father says. If you go into the world, you will find that three-quarters of the
people are clad in white robes. Many of the church denominations today go on
blessing and copy virtually everything that is done in Brotherhood. He has told
us that He is the way, the truth and the life and our actions should portray
that. If we quarrel or steal, or fornicate and tell lies, or do any of the
things He has forbidden us, the world will be apt to point out and comment. The
kind of person recognized and regarded as great and tough man is a rogue, a
madman, a murderer,an unmerciful person and somebody who lives an abominable
life. If you hear that somebody is influential and bold, know that such a
person is a thief, a liar, a swindler, a back-biter, and someone who indulges in
the preparation of charms and juju- making. If you gave somebody your purse to
keep for you and on coming back to collect it he denies ever seeing your purse,
let alone keeping it, and immediately tells you to call any witness who was
available when you gave him the purse, that is the kind of person said to be
intelligent and wise. But if there is another person who when he is given money
to keep and the owner of the money demands his money back, he gives everything
back promptly, this person, in the eyes of people of the world is seen as being
stupid and foolish. If somebody buys goods worth a hundred nairas but
mistakenly pays one thousand dollars instead, and as a seller with conscience,
you refund the difference of nine hundred to him ,the world will label you an
idiot, because you have refunded the excess money. On the other hand, if even
after you have known that your customer has over-paid for the goods bought to
the tune of nine hundred naira, when he comes back to ask for a refund,if you
deny that he ever overpaid you and you threatened to call the police if he
insisted, the world will say that you are very wise and are a "fast
guy." That is exactly what you will find in the world. (1 Cor.1:25-27)
Do you know that the behavior the worldly people regard as being
foolish is righteous before God? He tells us not to cheat, not to tell lies,
not to steal, not to hate, but rather to refrain from all vices. Those
attributes constitute the wisdom of God, but in the world they mean
foolishness. This is a knowledge no person has ever had. This wisdom is
complemented in the scripture where it is said, it is better to give than to
receive. You fail to realise that once you receive you have enslaved yourself
and have lost much more than received. This is the knowledge that surpasses
every knowledge. It is the truth, patience, humility, mercy, meekness, and long
suffering. Who amongst you had this knowledge?
Read 1 Cor.3:18-20.
Brethren have you heard that? Do you know that all the things you
do, and your claim to be wise and intelligent mean nonsense? Throughout the
entire world there is no wise man. Even if somebody should curse you, slap you
or do anything whatsoever to you, you should never retaliate. That marks the
new heaven and the new earth wherein dwells righteousness.
As it is said in Romans 12:20-21, if you listen to that
passage you will realise that you have not started Brotherhood. There is no way
you can practise what you do not believe in. What is read out to you is
Brotherhood and nothing short of it, and that is love. Whether you are burnt in
fire, or your head is cut, or you are buried in the ground, continue to have
love. We do not have any other teaching or knowledge other than love, faith,
peace, patience, mercy, truth, and humility. No matter how somebody hates you
continue to love him and be good to him.
Even as people did engage in sinfulness, so also is it time for
you to practise righteousness. All of us have to show love which has neither
beginning nor end. Since the Holy Spirit has come you should refrain from
telling lies. Instead practise the truth at all times,always speaking the
truth. Also humble yourself and be kind to every person. Do not begrudge
anybody, do not quarrel with anybody, and do not say evil words against any
person, and do not think evil against any person.
Whether you are sick,maimed, hungry, continue to love one another,
for it may be through your love that your problems could be taken away. Whoever
calls himself a Brotherhood member must have love, the real love, that has no
spot or blemish. This is the reason I continue to tell you that you do not
understand Brotherhood the way you should. Because you cannot integrate into
Brotherhood when you do not have love. There is no bit of sin or carnal thing
that is admitted into it.
Read Matthew 5:44-8
Brotherhood does not consist in seeking for cars, storey
buildings, earthly glory, children,husband, wife, or other mundane things.
Brotherhood has not come to beg; they are not beggars, they are not slaves,
they are not maimed, neither are they deaf nor dumb. Brotherhood has come to
practicalise the word of God. Therefore, whoever continues to beg or to lament
is disobedient child. Brotherhood means the love of one another, being patient,
merciful, humble and kind. You are unable to enter and fit squarely into
Brotherhood, you have not seen it and have not known it; moreover, you are not
ready to abandon all your old ways of doing things and all the old things you
have with you.
Brotherhood does not consist in great multitude, it does not
consist in money, neither is Brotherhood made up of knowledge. But Brotherhood
is love, and once this love is prevalent between one another that is
Brotherhood. Whenever things are tough and whenever hope is lost, the only way
for salvation is love. Your problems are still with you because you have
refused to be helped and enjoy this great salvation. Your position could be
likened to a certain person who met some people on the road and as these people
were carrying heavy loads on their heads, he offers to help them by conveying
them in his train. When he asked the people to board the train and take their
rest, they indeed came on board but they continued to carry their loads on
their heads, even as before they boarded the train. When the person who
provided them space on board the train in order to relieve them turned around
and saw them with their loads still on their heads, he questioned the morale
behind their entering the train, and continue to carry their loads on their
heads. Therefore, you were invited into this train so that you would be
relieved and so you would give testimony about the mighty work of God. But how
can you testify when you have decided to continue punishing yourself. In
Brotherhood there is no marriage and its rituals of giving various items of
goods. In Brotherhood it is love alone that works. But in the world and even
among some of you, people continue to marry and give in marriage, according to
the traditions and customs of their area. If you pay even a mite as dowry you are
still having that old cloak in you and that in effect means indirect slavery.
And it is the money he pays to procure the wife that encourages a man to treat
the woman any way he likes. You will realise that when a man and a woman first
meet each other and fall in love, they usually love each other so dearly, and
they have mutual respect for each other.But the moment the man decides to go
and see her parents and possibly pay the dowry, the relationship begins to
crumble and the two of them begin to fall apart.
Love is the beginning and the end and anything not founded on love
can never survive. The same also applies to charging a fee for whatever service
you render. That attitude reveals you as a prodigal son. If you and I are
Brotherhood and indeed the entire world is Brotherhood as well, what would be
the need to charge fees for the union of your daughter with another man or
charge fees for any service for that matter rendered. By so doing you have made
nonsense God's grace and you are still continuing in the old ways. Freely you
received and freely you should give and offer all things. That is what is
obtainable in this kingdom of God, and that is why I tell you always that you
have not started Brotherhood in the main.
You charge people because you do not regard and love them as
yourself and because you have no trust in them. Therefore in this kingdom, God
has ruled that no fees should be charged for anything. Whatever service you
render,should be done free of charge. Whatever you have belongs to the Father,
and whatever the Father has belongs to all his children. Nobody has bonafide
right over anything and therefore everything should be done freely. But in the
world you have to pay for every inch you move. Therefore the foundation of this
kingdom hinges on love.
You do not have to force anybody to do anything,because anything
that is done by force lacks love. You should not beg anybody for anything
because anything that requires begging has no love in it. You should not use
your power or tricks to dispossess another person of his property. Such
attitudes alone show the absence of love.
Hence, Brotherhood has come to practise the word of God to fulfil
what has been written that this generation shall not pass away until every bit
of God's words are consummated. As the worldly people rejoice in owning a car,
house, marrying an new husband or wife,etc.so also is our joy full in
practising the word of God and complying with His instructions,so that the word
of God and His will, would be fulfilled in this generation.
Read John 4:24
Brethren have you heard the assignment of Brotherhood? He has
said, "Have no other God before me and do not make unto thyself any graven
image." That is why Brotherhood does not worship any other thing or rule
made by man. That is why we do not have anything to do with talisman, charms,
diabology and the rest of such things.
It is said, you have been given the superintendency over animals
birds, the air and all other creations of God. And God added, " Behold, I
have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth
and every tree in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed, to you it shall
be for meat. That exactly is where we stand. Also the Bible forbids us from
drinking and giving any person drinks. We in Brotherhood neither drink nor give
others drink. It is also said what God has joined together no man should put
asunder. That is the reason we do not encourage divorce here. The man and the
woman should live together peacefully. If you dare separate a wife and a
husband from each other, your punishment will be greater than theirs. Another
thing is that if you order or supervise the sharing of somebody's estate or
inheritance you will be severely punished. We are all Brotherhood and since
everything on earth belongs to our Father we should co-exist and share them
together because we are all one. It is an easy thing for the entire world to
accept Brotherhood if you who are inside already have portrayed and practiced
its teachings.
Once you have been baptised you have become one with God and you
have been made clean and therefore you should have nothing to so with drink,
corpse, even if it is that of your mother or father.
Read Numbers 6:1-8
Have you heard that, it is said, let the dead bury the dead, but
you should go and preach the glory of God.You have heard that when Our Lord
Jesus Christ was arrested all His disciples ran away. When He was nailed to the
cross it was Joseph of Arimathia who went and requested His body from Pilate,
none of the disciples went because it was Joseph's due to do that. All persons
have their different assignments. All men, women, children, and all other
classes of people have their functions to perform- and the children of God too
have their duty, that is to advise people, teach them and to lead the way. But
there are some people whose duty it is bury the dead.
Therefore if you do believe that Jesus Christ was crucified and God
caused Him to resurrect why then do you cry, mourn, lament, and do the things
you ought not to do? What is most pathetic is that if you go to the mortuary
now you will see those who passed away since last year being kept there. Why
should corpses be kept for onwards of one week to six months and even one year?
That person has left the mortal cell and what obtains is the dust and that
should be returned to the dust. What surprises me is that even Brotherhood
members succumb to the unhealthy rituals. Brotherhood members should be able to
educate their people that there is nothing like death and that when somebody
passes away the corpse should be promptly returned to the dust to lighten the
burden on the survivors. For instance, somebody lives in your house and does
not default in rent payment. When the house starts to leak he promptly calls
your attention to it and as well as other problems that need to be mended in
the house. If you refuse to take good care of the house despite several appeals
until the tenant decides to quit and the house collapses and falls,who is to
blame? And, if after the house has fallen you call people to come and make
merry with you and you spend up to three times the cost of building a new
house, who is a fool? How can you afford to invite people to come and make
merry with you because your house has collapsed? What is the wisdom there? It
is evil and unrighteous to put a dead body in the mortuary. It is an indirect
way satan uses to deplete your resources. Does it mean that when such a corpse
is frozen for so long, life will return to it? In some countries corpses are
burnt to ashes which are then disposed of. Even if it is the corpse of a Prime
Minister, it has to be incinerated.The prayer most of you offer is that God
should not allow your parents to die soon, especially at a time you have no
money. Brotherhood makes the whole thing very simple: If a person
sleeps in the Lord, the empty case, the corpse, is quietly disposed of by
burying it in the ground without any fanfare. What will follow next is
to conduct evening services in the deceased person's compound for seven days
and that is all. This is so because we know fully well that the main being
in the person has left the abode and so there is no justification in incurring
any expenses just to dispose of an empty case. It is only demented and foolish
people who can afford to undertake such an exercise of spending for a corpse.
Whatever you spend for the corpse is lost and you will suffer a great deal
because such an act is not permitted by God. If you go and spend onward of ten
to twenty thousand for a coffin alone, just to dispose of a corpse, does it
mean that you have not seen beggars and the poor that you could use such money
to help? What is the wisdom in doing such a thing? And if the worldly people
could do such foolish acts, should people who call themselves children of the
new kingdom do it too? You will discover that if we do not join the world
and their ungodly tendencies, and if we also refrain from eating meat and fish
all humanities will follow in that way. There are some church denominations in
the world, like the Jehovah Witnesses who attach very little or no importance
to these ceremonies and rituals. On the other hand there are yet many other
church denominations which attach great importance to these ceremonies and
rituals.It is only disappointing to find some Brotherhood members engaging in
these acts. One wonders whether they are helping others to progress spiritually
or to regress. If a Brotherhood member puts a corpse in the mortuary for months
or years and thereafter buries it under the traditions and customs of the
world, and thereby spends huge sums of money, is he doing that to the living or
to the dead or to the people of the world or to God?
Brotherhood has not come to create a world unto itself or do
something to please itself. It has come to serve God, to comply with all the
instructions of God. He has given and revealed His glory to all mankind. When
our Lord Jesus Christ was in India on a missionary journey, He had a letter
from His mother informing him of the death of His father. The only reply He
gave was that Joseph had finished his assignment. Therefore brethren, if you
look at it closely you will discover that it is a utter foolishness to waste
your time and money and energy to observe worldly traditions when somebody
passes away. People who observe these traditions will never go unpunished. The
meaning is simply that you do not believe in our Lord Jesus Christ. Do you
think that if our Lord Jesus Christ had had that kind of mind He would have
been able to undertake the service of God ? He would have wanted to stay behind
and bury his parents. If He had attached importance to carnal things, when He
received His mother's letter informing Him about the passing away of His father
Joseph, He would have terminated his ministry work and gone home. If that
constituted the work of God it would have been included in the passage in Luke:9:59-62.
Brethren, have you heard that, what is this flesh to man?
Read James 4:13-16.
People in the world are making burial rites appear a life and
death issue. Some people do use all the savings they have made in their life
performing such exercise. It is just like a young man who is starting life and
also christmas festivities. Some people are so much indebted to other persons
that they can never defray such debt until they themselves are buried. MY
INJUNCTION THEREFORE IS THIS THAT :NO BROTHERHOOD MEMBER SHOULD PATRONIZE
MORTUARY SERVICE IN ANY FORM. ONCE SOMEBODY PASSES AWAY PROCURE A COFFIN AND
DISPOSE OF THE CORPSE;MERELY RETURN THE DUST TO THE DUST. IF YOU SAY YOU WANT
ALL MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY TO COME AND SEE THE CORPSE BEFORE IT IS BURIED, WHAT
WILL THEY DO WITH IT? WILL THE ARRIVAL OF OTHER PEOPLE CAUSE THE BODY TO RISE AGAIN?
IT IS UTTER FOOLISHNESS TO DO SUCH A THING.
Of all people born of women, I do not think there has been any
person greater than the these persons in Matthew 11:11. Concerning those
two personalities, what happened to them? John was buried in the prison by his
disciples, and no other person was called in to celebrate or perform any rites.
Have you heard that he was put in the mortuary? Or did you hear that
invitations were given to the world to come and celebrate ? Jesus the Christ,
who died for our sins, was nailed to the cross at 9.00 a.m. He gave up the
ghost and surrendered His soul unto the Father and at 6.00 p.m. Joseph of
Arimathia collected His body and quietly buried it. Nothing more than that was
done to Him. Who are you? Are you better than Jesus as you want a crowd to
gather and observe rituals? Is there any person greater than John the Baptist
and Our Lord Jesus Christ?
I have been advising you and I have been giving you this story
about the only child one woman who was married to one of David's soldiers
delivered to David. David actually loved that child so dearly. Incidentally the
child became very sick and David fasted and did everything humanely possible
for the child to recover,but all his efforts were of no avail. David did all
that because he loved this child and his mother so dearly. That is why if
somebody loves a woman he will definitely love the children born by that woman.
And if a man does not love a woman he will also extend that dislike unto her
children.
Because David loved this child so dearly and sacrificed for the
child to survive, the attendants refused to inform David when the child died.
They feared he would kill himself. But when it became obvious that the child
was dead already, David requested that he should be given water to have his
bath and ordered that food be prepared for him to eat. The people were
surprised at the attitude of David, something they thought will result in all
hell breaking loose for him. David explained to them that he went to great
extent to ensure that the child would survive, but since the child had finally
died there was no point in punishing the body anymore. The lesson here is that
God owns all of us , He provides time for everything and for everybody. He
fixes how long each person would exist. No person knows his mission on earth
and how long he has to stay in the world. God is our Creator, He owns us and
knows everything about us. Therefore the children of Brotherhood should cease
to be foolish. All of you should wake up from your ignorance and lead and show
the world the way. God is everything to us. This is what the world does not
know. Now is the time for us to show to the world the truth that is in this New
Kingdom. This is a duty for you and I to accomplish,because the inhabitants of
the world are dying of heavy burdens out of ignorance.
In some communities, people have to spend fortunes to organize
funerals. Money that they should have used in building roads, hospitals,
schools, and providing pipe-borne water, the facilities that they do not have,
they instead waste their money on useless things that do not give glory to God.
It is said that if you refuse to serve God you will have to serve satan.Those
who continue to patronize mortuary service and to conduct funeral rites should
know that they are serving satan and so they are children of perdition.
Why is it that those of you who have seen God face to face and
felt His presence should continue to do the things He has forbidden you to do?
What is the wisdom in continuing to put corpses in mortuary, conduct funeral
rites and many other things? If the world indulges in such practices in order
to eat and drink, why should Brotherhood members join in doing so too when we
can easily organize or feast, and eat and sing and dance? God has separated us,
the children of God, from the people of the world. We have nothing in common
with them. You people are foolish otherwise you would not waste the little
funds you have on useless ventures of embalments and funerals. I look at you
with great pity. There is no justifiable reason whatsoever for Brotherhood
children to join in conducting funeral rites and keeping mourning houses. Since
we do not drink or snuff, neither do we eat the same pattern of food the world
is eating.
Therefore brethren your duty is to put new wine into new wine skin
and to behave circumspectly. There are many people and many prominent ones too,
who instruct their children and relations that they should not be put in the
mortuary when they die. Some people go to the extent of warning their children
and relations that their funerals should be low-keyed and it should not be
followed by any traditional rites. In the entire muslim world, no importance is
attached to burial and funerals that follow it. Once someone dies among the
muslims, the person's position not withstanding, he will be conveyed in the
same raffia made coffin and the mortal remains will be emptied into the grave
and the container brought back for a repeat performance of the same function
next time. If you were to have the Holy Spirit you would understand what I am
telling you now and you would be able to know what it means. If you had the
Holy Spirit you would have known how dirty your pattern of behavior is before
God and how foolish it portrays you. That is what has brought punishment unto
mankind.
Therefore,Brotherhood has not come to serve man or to observe
man-made injunctions. It has rather come to serve God and to comply with all
the instructions given by Him. And for that reason we have to show this truth
to the world,whether they like it or not , so that the inhabitants of the world
will live in peace.
A brother, the other day testified how he went to his hometown
with three of his friends, and on arrival, his senior sister invited some juju
doctors and soothsayers to come and do some charms in the house. As a
Brotherhood member, this brother thought of how to convince these people about
his non-involvement in the affair. When he inquired from his senior sister why
she called the people she replied that one of the sisters had been pregnant for
15 months and could not deliver and so the people promised to make her deliver
within one week. The woman told her brother that the price to effect the
delivery was one thousand nairas out of which she had made an advance payment
of three hundred nairas. The brother told his sister that he had a shorter way
than the one she had gone in for and asked her to tell the people who had
assembled to provide her the fictitious help, to go away. He told his sister
who was very surprised and angry about her brother's action, that the problem
was a very simple one, and that his Father would solve the problem within a
short space of time. He therefore went on to dismiss the fictitious helper and
he asked his sister to sister to kneel down and he prayed over her and lo and
behold she safely delivered a baby the day after. This testimony is to confirm
the fact that we have a great deal of work to do. And it is said that any
person who knows a good thing to do but fails to do it, that becomes a sin
against him. Because of the work done by God through that brother, three of his
friends and a lot of others accepted to be baptized into Brotherhood. This also
proves to you the there is no juju- making and the patronizing of medicine. It
is pathetic to find Brotherhood members in these places. What actually do you
go to do in these places? There is no sickness God does not cure here. Ranging
from blindness, leprosy, hernia, to every kind of sickness, God alone can cure
them all.People in the world come in here for peace and salvation, but you who
are in here go out to roam for peace.
If you have faith and believe in Him, you will find that there is
no infirmity He cannot cure here. The Father has cured various sickness here
and the testimonies abound to confirm this. Some people are brought here from
hospitals where they have been declared hopeless. But the moment they arrive
here and the Holy Father places His hands on their heads, whatever kind of
sickness they came with vanishes from them. Your problem is faithlessness,
otherwise there is no sickness God cannot cure.
When Hezekiah received a letter from the King of Assyria
threatening to wage war with him and to destroy his nation, King Hezekiah did
not go to any necromancer or a soothsayer for salvation. He went into the
temple and prayed to God believing that everything was possible with Him. After
that, God sent Isaiah unto King Hezekiah to tell him that he should not be
afraid of the words of the King of Assyria, and that God will send a blast upon
him and cause him to fall by the sword in his own hand. In the end God sent
only one angel who destroyed the whole of the Assyrian army and its people at
war. And it came to pass as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch, his
god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they
escaped into the land of Armenia. (Isaiah 37:1-38). History has repeated
itself this day .Two warring factions in Agwagune and Adim in Cross River State
have been warring against each other for twenty years now. I am telling you
these things because you do not know the place you are in, otherwise you would
not go out to the world to disgrace and defile yourselves.
When those two warring villages were invited by the Holy Father,
they were asked to conduct a feast in each village and jointly eat it in order
to be in peace and tranquility. Agwagune people obeyed but Adim people refused
to do theirs. The Holy Father called them again and warned them that if they do
not urgently go and celebrate that feast, to allow peace a chance to reign in
the area they will find themselves in a very precarious condition. In any case,
it is necessary at times for somebody or some people to be stubborn in order
that the glory of God may be made manifest. The Adim people did not want any
peace treaty, they wanted to assume ownership of the land under dispute and
cultivate it by any possible means. I want you to know that there is something
more to Brotherhood than making the blind to see, the barren to bear children,
and the sick to be healed. I do my soothsaying with a live tortoise. The Adim
people were fully set for another war with Agwagune as they had refused to
abide by the Holy Father's peace proposal. The Agwagune people, on noticing
this came to the Father and complained about the new development by the Adim
people and requested the Father to tell them what He wanted them to do since He
had warned both parties not to engage in any fight. The Father pronounced that
they should go and relax, that Adim people would never set their feet on
Agwagune soil. He further told them that nobody can deceive God, that they were
still indulging in diabology and various forms of juju-making and charms. The
Father asked them to go and be baptized into Brotherhood. All the people and
the chiefs went and got baptized accordingly. Adim people did not relent in
their efforts to wage a fresh war against Agwagune.They got themselves fully
prepared on the D day and set off into the bushes as usual. On arrival there
they were completely covered with so much darkness that even if one used
flash-light with loaded new batteries it would be difficult to see beyond a
short distance,but they turned homeward when they saw the light. After trying
unsuccessfully for quite a long time the Holy Father appeared to them and asked
them to go and they obeyed the voice of God. It was at this stage they came
back and joined hands with their neighbors to celebrate the revealed full
feast. Many of you here think that the work of Brotherhood is only to heal the
sick and do other petty things. You did not know that Brotherhood had so much
power and it is in the scheme of things of Brotherhood to serve as mediator and
peacemaker. The same thing happened between Ebom and Usumutong people. When
Ebom people were asked to celebrate a common feast, a relation of the paramount
ruler of Ebom told him not to do the feast because, according to him, he saw
the chief being afflicted with leprosy immediately after the feast.Because of
this he refused to celebrate the feast.
Suddenly something spectacular happened to them because of their
disobedience. People started to die in dozens each day, starting even from the
person who had the dream and because of that, the Ebom chief and his people
went to consult an oracle. There they were told that somebody in red garment
was seen in their midst and He had told them to celebrate a feast with rice,
groundnut, sugar cane, bananas, etc. Since they refused, they will never have
peace.They then ran to the Holy Father and conveyed their preparedness to
comply with His instructions. And the moment they went and celebrated the feast
jointly with their neighbor, peace and tranquility came back to them. They all
live in harmony today. There are various other communities like that,
constantly at war with one another. The Father has decreed that there shall be
no more war; no person with a gun or any other implement of war will be able to
see the children of God let alone shoot at or harm them.
Once the Father has given a stop order, who can defy it? When the
Holy Father, through His Apostles and Evangelists, went to Ekim Mbuk, a village
that was at war with its neighbor Idoro in Itu Local Government Area, He
instructed them to celebrate a full feast and stop fighting. He told them if
they obeyed, something of joy would happen to them. They did not believe
because already they had lost so much in the war, both in human and material
loses. But because they obeyed and celebrated the full feast, one of their
sons,Pastor Okon A. Essien-Umo, won the Local Government Chairmanship election.
It was at that point that they marvelled and took Brotherhood into their trust.
I tell you these things so that you will believe in God; because
there is so much doubt in your minds. If you hear testimonies from various
quarters about the power in this place you will not fail to be surprised and no
Brotherhood member will ever go to court or go to the hospital for anything
sake. You will also not consult oracle and believe in mundane things. There is
wisdom here, and there is truth, love, mercy, God the Father, the Son, and the
Holy Spirit are all here, and everything else you can think of. What then do
you find in the world, satan's kingdom?
This day is set aside so that all the inhabitants of the world may
come in and hear the words of God from the horse's own mouth,so that nobody
will deceive you anymore. It is better for us to hear the voice of God than
that of man. If your relation passes away and you suggest that he should be
buried in the way of God but your people refuse, abandon the corpse to them. If
your relation is sick and you say that he should be prayed over and your people
refuse and insist on taking him to the hospital, give them the chance to do
their will. If you give money to them to go to the hospital it means you are
encouraging such practise. An adage says that if you reject the water yam, you
should not drive the goat away from feeding on it. Now is the time for
Brotherhood to stand firm on its feet and walk circumspectly. Right from the
time Adam and Eve tasted the forbidden fruit of good and evil all the
inhabitants of the world have derailed from the path of rectitude. Many of you
here still continue to indulge in diabology,go to the hospital, and you say
that if God helps you, you have to help yourself. This in effect means that you
do not believe in God.
Read Romans 14: 22-32.
Brethren have you heard your problem ? You call Olumba Olumba Obu
only in your lips but you fail to believe fervently in God inside your minds
and hearts. You would be surprised if you were to see the kind of faith
exhibited by the various warring communities in the Holy Father, but for those
of you who are here, no matter what kind of miracle that is performed by the
Father you continue to doubt Him.
When the Father says I am before and behind you nine-nine percent
of you do not believe. Your normal argument is that how can somebody stay at 34
Ambo Street,Calabar, and say He is before and behind every member. That is why
the scriptures have said blessed is the person who does not see but believes.
The kind of faith that is possessed by the people of the world can hardly be
found among members. Today it has pleased the Father that you all have faith.
Right now the faith of many of you is in the holy oil, Biakpan
water and having the Father's hand placed on your forehead. If you believe in
these things that you see then you stand to be condemned by the statement in
the scripture that blessed is the person who does not see, yet believes. If you
believe in God and go ahead and practice His gospel you shall have no problems.
To be a Brotherhood does not consist in being baptised only.
Now I have instructed all the prophets and prophetesses and senior
prophetesses to come together and form their own fellowship like every other
group of the ordained ones and plan their own work in this kingdom. We have
Men's Fellowship, Women's Fellowship, General Fellowship, All- Ordained
Fellowship, Apostle\Evangelist Fellowship, Deaconesses Fellowship, and the rest
of the fellowships. Right now all the ordained brothers must form their own
fellowship like the all-ordained sisters.
From this year onward, nobody should stay behind and request God
to give him money, husband, wife, children, etc,etc,. It is time everybody got
into the field which is already ripe and worked. Also put all the injunctions
you have been taught into practise. After all we are all crusaders, Christ
students, Christ servants, preachers, and so on.
You have seen the Leader with your naked eyes and have touched and
felt Him. What again do you do with the Father's photograph? His photograph
should be given to those who have never seen Him before so they can see what He
looks like.
Your duty is to get into the world and preach and practise the
word of God. What do you do with holy oil? You have been given power in heaven
and on earth to say, "let," and death, sickness, or any other
form of infirmities disappear. The holy oil is meant to be used on those who
are outside, and they need your help. In Brotherhood we do not count beads like
Muslims, neither do we worship the Roman Catholic way. We are different from
the rest of them and we have very special ways of doing our things. That woman
in Enugu who claims to be the mother of Jesus or the Holy Father is telling
lies. In fact she is not known as a Brotherhood member and therefore she has
nothing to do with Brotherhood. We do not require any other photograph, THE
ONLY PHOTOGRAPH THAT IS REQUIRED HERE IS LOVE ONE ANOTHER.
The reason why the use of the Father's photograph is not wanted is
that rogues and swindlers use it to deceive people. A Non-Brotherhood can buy
one and keep in his house and when you talk about Brotherhood he promptly
removes it from his shelf and tells you he is a Brotherhood member and knows
the Father very well. Even some people who came here and got baptized and
procured all the necessary baptismal membership card, etc. ARE NOT TRUE
BROTHERHOOD MEMBERS. They do these things so that their dubious intentions may
be enhanced. A great many people sew their white and wear and move about
claiming to be Brotherhood members. They are in the group of deceivers.
Henceforth, the injunction I have given shall continue to prevail:
before anybody is baptised, he has to confess his or her sins in the first
place and then denounce membership of every secret or traditional society he or
she had belonged to. He also has to discard all his charms in his possession.
Today what happens is that immediately someone comes around, even without
confessing his sins, he gets baptised, with all his charms and talisman all
over his body. When you immerse that kind of a person into the water, is he
baptised in the real sense and meaning of the exercise? You persuade people to
get baptised so that their problems will be solved.
Read Matthew 3:5-6.
When your father got baptised did he confess his sins ? Initially
it used to be that before I even placed my hand upon anybody's head he had to
confess his sins and throw away all his diabology. But today the case is
different ; all sorts of persons, both baptised and non-baptised, are brought
before me for blessing. A great many of you go pleading with the people of the
world to come and be baptised so that their court cases would be squashed and
so that their diverse problems would be solved. Does it mean that the essence
of baptism into Brotherhood is so that their problems would be solved? The
essence of baptism into Brotherhood is soul- saving and that is why somebody,
first of all has to confess his sins, denounce membership of all the diabolical
societies and then become truly repentant. The person can then be baptized
after fully receiving the word of God.
The whole of Brotherhood world has been given the injunction to go
into the vineyard and make the whole world one. The injunction is not meant for
Christ servants alone, neither is it for the ordained ones nor the Christ
students alone. All power in heaven and earth has been given to you to go out
and preach the gospel of God to the nations and make them one onto the Lord.
You should go out in twos and threes and preach the gospel of salvation to all
the nations of the world. When a multitude of you go in a lorry and you go and
sing and dance and make noise, you do not accomplish the assignment of
imparting the word of God to the people. Only recently the Apostles/Evangelist
Fellowship have started to realise the seriousness and effectiveness of going
in twos and threes on ministry work rather than going in dozens. This has
proved very much effective when only three of them went to Ghana recently. Our
work is not inside the house. That was why Christ said if you are told he is in
the desert or in the room you should not go there. Our work is outside in the
cities, the market square, the church denomination , in the farms, in the
offices, in the schools, and everywhere people are. Go there and give them the
word of God and inform about this new kingdom of God. Those who accept the good
news and are willing to baptize you should also baptize and so on. Brotherhood
is not like the secret societies that conduct their affairs inside closed doors
and struggle for position. We have to go outside and spread this light. That is
what makes us different.
Do not go out and preach against any of the church denominations
or people. What you have to preach is oneness and tell them that we are all
from the same source and preach love. You do not only have to preach love to
them, but you have to also practise love. You should not share in any evil
communication, or in any sinful or unholy acts. The only message of the entire
Brotherhood preaching is about love, truth, oneness, murder, malice, and so on.
You are asked not to say any evil word against any church denomination, any
group, or any individual. Only preach the gospel of peace, love, mercy,
patience, humility, meekness, charity, and all the virtues of God. That is the
work you are expected to go out in twos and threes to go and do. That saves
each fellowship the transportation and maintenance cost.
Read Luke 10:1-2
One preacher and one visioner can go on a ministry work and God
can use them to perform more wonderful works than several peoples departing for
ministry work in multitudes. Such multitudes only and quarrel, explore business
opportunities while others go just to know those places, for example people
like to visit America and so on. If you do not have the money to go abroad,
what about your locality? It appears to me many of you do not know the
advantages of preaching the gospels.
Read 1st. Corinthians 1:19-24
Brethren have you heard that? To go and preach the gospel brings
salvation and prosperity and peace and blessing to you and your family and to
those who listen to the words. Instead of waiting for people to come and preach
to you, it is your duty to go out and preach to the world. The salvation we are
looking for is in going out to preach to the world and also practise the words
of God and not in the number of gallons of holy oil or Biakpan water you drink.
The time has now come for all of you to go out into the world and preach the
gospel and tell the people about this new kingdom. This is not the time for you
to come and ask the Father to say a word so that your problem may be solved.
Let me tell you that the work of God has its own classifications.
There is the infant class, the elementary class, the secondary class, and the
post secondary. The state Brotherhood has reached now is the post-secondary
level, the university level. What class do you think was the word of God that
Our Lord Jesus Christ preached? In those days you only had to believe that Our
Lord is the Son of God, and that alone gave you the entry qualification . But
is that the only thing now?
Read Hebrews 6:1-2.
Revelation - Prof. Assasu Inyang-Ibom:
"After the year 1999 will the entire world enjoy God's
government in the whole universe. Whatever we see now day after day is the
Father's work. Because of the world's unbelief and blasphemy there is going to
be famine in the entire world, but the children of God will not lack what to
eat. Even billionaires will lack what to eat but those who believe in the deity
of the Holy Father will never lack. Right now the Nuns are not allowed to come
here but the Atlantis and Numeria are going into the markets to buy every kind
of foodstuff into their homes where the Nuns go and buy because they are not
allowed to come out here. The mermaids are also allowed to come to our markets
and buy our food stuffs. That is why very shortly a billionaire will go to the
market with bunches of money, but will not find anything to buy. But you who
believe in Him will never lack. These things shall happen before 1999 to the
unbelievers as a punishment. There is no child of perdition amongst the members
of Brotherhood. And very shortly food-stuff will not be spread out to the view
of everybody because by that time thieves shall abound and they will not
hesitate to snatch any ware from any seller. Trading shall be conducted only
between relations and very close friends. There will be incurable diseases,
increased robbers, prostitutes, and a lot of injustice. The Holy Father shall overcome
all these things and change them. Those who will survive the tide and witness
the year 2000 shall be obedient unto the Holy Father and shall all be holy. The
Revelation of Isaiah and John the Divine has come to pass which says that at
the fullness of time all nations shall come to Him and be taught by Him. (Isaiah
2). That revelation is fulfilled here in Brotherhood of the Cross and Star.
By 1999 there be only one place of worship which invariably is Brotherhood of
the Cross and Star and one Teacher. In the 8th. month of the year 2000, all the
kingdoms of this world will be one and there shall be one King (Rev.11:16). In
His rule the army shall not be needed,there will be no more war and people
shall live in peace. During His reign all mad people, the blind, the dumb, the
lame, shall all be healed, and everything shall be made new and perfect. There
will be no more charm removers and so on. After 1999 there shall cease to be
ownership of property by any individual. Everything will belong to only one person,
the Sole Spiritual Head. And whatever belongs to God belongs also to the
children of God. Right now we must start to regard whatever we have as being
owned by the Father. That explains why the children of Brotherhood inscribe
O.O.O. on their various property. At that time you will not own even your
children or wife or husband."
I want you to regard yourselves as one, and you should love one
another.
Read Matthew 25:34-40.
Brethren, have you heard that ? You give whatever you have only to
the Father but you fail to take care of your brethren who are needy and
disabled. If you know that we are one, you will love one another and you will
adopt the principle of live and let live.
Everybody should be ready and willing to contribute towards the
Brotherhood road project. The project has brought glory to this Kingdom and has
caused many people in the area to be baptized and accept God. It is said, faith
without work is dead; give unto Caesar what belongs to Caesar and what belongs
to God to God.
Read Matthew 19:28-29.
That is the promise of God to all those who stand firm in faith.
We are not like the owl that lives a secluded life. Therefore believe fervently
that whatever you have put into Brotherhood, including the suffering you have
undergone, when all things will be made anew, you will be rewarded accordingly,
a hundredfold. Our existence here is like a contract job which if properly
executed the contractor is promptly paid his due. The promise of God stands
firm. The whole world is yet to have a Leader. At the fullness of time, when
the entire world shall be under one leadership, the children of God shall
suffer no more. When I told you these things Prof. Assasu Inyang-Ibom was not
here. But his revelation goes to confirm everything. When a cow is delivering
in the market square there is no need to ask it to close its legs. Whatever you
can do to God, do it now, otherwise what will be your gain or reward at the
fullness of time when all things will be made anew ? If you cannot endure the
storm till the end how can you be crowned? If you have to put in every effort
and sacrifice in order to succeed in your worldly endeavors, how much more do
you think is expected of you to do in God's affairs? If your eyes were to be
open you would not hesitate in His duty.
Every kobo you spend for God's service is not lost, you will be
rewarded accordingly. Whether you are abused, stoned, disgraced, or whatever
they do to you,you do not suffer in vain. You have to store your treasure in
heaven where nothing shall tamper with it. He has promised you prosperity,
glory, and eternal life if you endure to the end.
Read Hebrews 6 :1-2.
All of you are still in the canal stage; you continue to explain
that the Father has not placed his hands on you, He has not done this or that.
The Father does not love me, He does not call me to give testimony. He does not
shout hallelujah when I am giving testimony,and all that.
Read 1st Corinthians 3:1-6
REVELATION CONTINUED
" Brethren, the king of the universe has come to rule over
everything. The time is too short from now to the end of the rule of the world;
we have barely eleven years from now to 1999. We are seeing things fall apart
from today. The people in the other worlds under us, the people of the moon,
numeria and the rest of them have been wanting to come in full swing to enjoy
the presence of the Holy One in our midst. They want to come and see Him face
to face. A lot of these people from various worlds underneath have been coming
to this plane of manifest and have been going to places like the market and the
streets."
Brethren, you will notice that even the second brother of Our Lord
Jesus Christ and the mother of Christ did not believe that Jesus was the son of
God, despite various miracles He performed.
When His carnal father, Joseph died the Lord was on ministry work
to India. To show you that Mary did not know who her child was she wrote Him a
strongly worded letter, telling Him that his father was dead. It was very difficult
to believe in Him. Mary did not know that it was Our Lord Jesus Christ Himself
who created Joseph,His purported father, for a purpose and after he had
fulfilled that purpose he had to vacate the scene. It is because of their
unbelief that we commit spiritual assassination against ourselves and our
fellow humans. The whole world is now handing over to the rule of the Almighty
God.
Thank you Father.
REFERENMCE: Farewell Address on April 23,1988, by
Leader Olumba Olumba Obu,
The Sole Spiritual Head of the Universe.
FATHER CONSOLES:
You need to see Father help and console the bereaved in the heart.
He would say: "Weep not, your relation is not dead, death is a cruel word,
there is nothing like it. He has finished his assignment, he needs the flesh no
more. Beyond your sight is another task for him, after that task he passes on
to yet another task till he attains the crown of a perfect life, and where he
has gone all shall go.
If you harbor any grief, and give way to sorrow in your heart,
these sentiments will grow greater and you will be nothing but grief. Help your
relation, for he seeks solace now more than ever. He is glad when you are glad,
and sad when you are sad. Rise up bury your woes, and smile at grief, and then
help others bury their tears."
Brethren, is this not enough to relieve the broken hearted? For
other church leaders , instead of their doing this they will rather dupe the
bereaved by keeping mourning houses,drinking to death, and committing different
havocs and leaving the bereaved penniless with more grief. Leader Obu is a
model. Love is His warrior, captain, armour. Love ties all, and wins all. AMEN.
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