First Bible Lesson: John 11:41-42
"Then they took away the stone
"Then they took away the stone from the
place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and
said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.
And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people
which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me."
Second Bible Lesson: 1 Corinthians 10:9
"Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted,
and were destroyed of serpents."
Golden Text: Matthew 6:7-8
"But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen
do; for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what
things ye have need of, before ye ask him."
This is a zero that the world has scored. A very great mistake
that is in the world. I have never revealed this to you. But because of the
Father's love for you I am going to reveal this mistake committed by the
inhabitants of the world this morning to you. You should listen attentively.
When I have been telling you that you should not request anything from the
hands of God you refuse to heed this advice. But today we are all neck deep in
the gospel of this morning. Do you know that when you request something from God, that is an
act of gross insult on Him? You have heard the second lesson
that ye should not tempt the Lord as they tempted and were destroyed of the
serpent. When I advise you that you should not request anything from God you
refuse to do so. God is the one who created everything, and He owns you and
therefore, He knows those things you require in life. You have seen the pattern
of our Lord Jesus Christ's prayer to his Father. (Matt
6:9-13). In everything we should give thanks to Him. What are
you going to request from Him?
Tempt God No More By Way Of Request
It is said that the reverence for God is the beginning of wisdom.(Ps 111:10).
If you have the fear of God you will not request anything from Him. What can
you request from Him? Do you even know what is good or what is bad?
You should not request anything from Him. Because it is the height
of insult as some requested of Him and therefore tempted God and were destroyed
of the serpent. (Num 21:5-6/1 Cor 10:9).
When you say, "O! God give me money, give me children; give
me this or that," fire will come and consume you. O! God give me children,
make me to pass my exams, do this for me, or do that for me. It is a height of
insult and you have tempted God. Can you advise Him? What does He not know? For
if you request something from Him and He failed to do same to you, it means you
would be annoyed. And if He does it for you then He becomes your servant.
Therefore because of this we err. Even as the Bible says search the scriptures
and see whether you have eternal life. Every day you come here. But the next
moment you will stand up to commit the same error. Even as we are here somebody
may come out and pray saying, "O! God bestow power unto us, give us this
or give us that". You do not know that that is an act of temptation to
God.
I have pleaded with you time without number that you should not
request anything from the hands of God, yet you are neck deep in imposing
temptation on God. Anybody who opens his mouth to request anything from God is
tempting, and that child is a child of perdition.
They That Request Are Children Of Perdition
You have heard what the scriptures have told us that you should
not be like them. Because they in their own estimation believed that God's
hearing of somebody's prayer results from speaking much. Before you
stand up to pray, God knows what is in you. At all times therefore, we should
give thanks to God. If it pleases Him, He will bestow that thing to you, if it
does not please Him, He will not do so. What makes this
injunction to be from the path of rectitude? From our First Father (Adam) and
First Mother (Eve) till today man had completely gone away from the injunctions
of God. If you request anything from God this in effect is the height of
insult; and if you have a child even in the secular arrangement that will come
to you and say "O! Father make me go to the University, give me this, give
me that." Can such a child be regarded as a good child? Has the gospel of
today not proven to you that if the Father does not teach you, you will not be
able to know? God alone is the one that teaches man. There is no other teacher
unto mankind. All this time did we know that requesting
something from the hands of God is temptation? Did you come to this
understanding? All persons who request things from God are the children of
perdition and they shall come to their wits' end.
God's Plan Remains Unchangeable
As a supernatural teacher I have arranged this gospel in a
chronological sequence. I first put out how Christ who is the mediator of the
new covenant behaved in the first lesson. Then I follow that lesson with the
repercussions that will come to whosoever request anything from God; as they
tempted God and were destroyed of the serpent. And the pattern that He left
should be our own ways of life. God is not blind neither is He so hard hearted.
He is all knowing. Before you stand up to say anything He knows what is in you.
And I do know that those who continue in this act are the greedy ones; they are
always longing for the wealth of this world. Anybody who comes to Brotherhood
to worship God cannot continue in such acts. You cannot change the arrangement
of God. When God had arranged His things in their shipshape order no man can
rearrange them. No prayer can change the arrangement of God.
Everything Works According To Plan
For somebody to argue that he offered prayers to God to give him
money, and after sometime God bestows money to him, it is not true. What came
in effect was the fact that his request for money synchronized with the very time God has kept
for him to have money. God has kept everything in their
ship-shape order even before the foundations of the world were laid.
Consider Job as a case in point. When that great mishap befell Job
what did he do? (Job 1:21). All his children died. His male
servants and maid servants died also. His livestock also perished. Everything
that he had in life had gone away. When you read the book of Job Chapter one;
you will come by the prayer that he offered. That: "O! God thank you for
thou giveth and thou also taketh."
"Naked did I come into the world and naked will I return;
thou has never done anything wrong." You can see this as a clear example
of faith in God. And it is for this reason our Lord Jesus Christ asked:
"When the son of man shall come shall he see faith in the world?" (Luke 18:8).
What he requests from man is nothing but faith, just to have that implicit
belief in Him. If we believe fervently in God we would realize that whatever
happens to us is at the mercy of God. And therefore in all situations you shall
continue to bestow thanks unto Him. For God knows no variableness in His
arrangement.
Your Problems Emanate From Making Request Unto God
Your duty, my duty, and our duty is that of giving thanks to God
at all times and everything that he does for us. What are we going to request
from his hands. All the suffering that beset us, they come out of our placing
request before God. We can see this in the book of Jude 14-16: "And
Enoch also the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord
cometh with ten thousands of his saints, To execute judgement upon all, and to
convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they
have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners
have spoken against him. These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their
own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons
in admiration because of advantage." When you request anything from God, God
will send down his angels. They will come to you with canes, with swords, and
with fire. When you stand up to say, "O! God, give me children, I want a
black child, I want a fair-in-complexion child;" they will come and cut
off your mouth. Now do you want to argue that things have taken a turn for the
worse in our lives? Things are better for the inhabitants of the world today
than any other time since God created man.
Nigeria: The Past And The Present
Now that you are shouting at the top of your voices that things
are so deplorable in Nigeria, the question is: Does it mean that things were
better with Nigeria when Nigeria was under the colonial masters, and we were
slaves unto the colonial rule? I want an answer to this question. Today you are
free; you have your own money; you bring out your own ideas. Can anyone say
that the situation now is worse than before? It cannot be. Rather we are seeing
better turns in this era. In the past if you want to attend a University there
was none in Nigeria, and you had to make out for the white man's land; you must
go overseas to go and pass through the four walls of a University. But today
the reverse is the case and there are Universities all over Nigeria.
There is proliferation of Universities throughout Nigeria. Can you
now say that things are worse than before? In the past we had only one Governor
General for the whole Country (Nigeria). But today how many Governors do we
have? We have twenty-one (21) Governors. And can we say that this is worse than
before? We continue to request from God because of our lusts and affections. We
should be thankful unto Him for the glory He has brought unto mankind. Do we
even have the hope that the Holy Spirit will manifest in the world in this last
era? We did not expect this. You say: "O! things are so bad with us."
But don't forget that today we mint our own money (currency); we assemble our
own cars; and we even manufacture our own textiles. But hitherto we were slaves
unto the colonial master. Can we say that these new developments are good or
bad for us? Look at the multiplicity of roads all over the country. We have
development of important cities everywhere; houses and other infrastructures
have also been provided. Tell me, which is bad with you?
Now all the illiterates are now literate. Those places that were
inaccessible are now 'motorable'; and to crown it all we have a federal capital
territory (F.C.T.), Abuja. Hitherto we were strangers in somebody's corridor.
But today we have a place of our own where billions of Naira have already been
sunk into developing that area. Can we now argue that these are signs of good
or bad achievements?
In the past the whites dominated everything and they manipulated
all positions. They were the pilots, they were the heads of different
governmental departments. Everything was done under the auspices of the whites.
But today the reverse is the case. We have our pilots. We nurse our independent
thoughts. We do everything on our own. What then do we say is bad with us
today? In the past religion only came to the black world from the white man's
land. The whites were those who introduced Christianity to the blacks. Any
church denominations which had no headquarters abroad had no recognition. But
today the reverse is the case. The blacks are now evangelizing the whites.
Therefore, each and everyone of us should rest and continue to give thanks to
the Almighty God for all the good things He has bestowed upon us. Before, when
we requested for independence nobody would lend ears to us. Even till today
many are still agitating for Colonial rule; that we should still be lorded over
by the whites. They want to be fed by the whites. Don't you know that when you
are an infant, a period where you are being spoon-fed by your parent, you are
still at your infancy, you are a minor. But when you start to struggle on your
own; you begin to argue that things are difficult. It is not so. Rather you are
growing at that stage. Therefore we should continue to be thankful unto God.
Brethren we shall not take you further than this. Our first lesson will now be
read, and you should listen attentively to the pattern of prayer as offered by
our Lord Jesus Christ. The same must we use to lead the way. We should not request
anything from God. Allow God to place His own things in their shipshape order.
First Bible Lesson: John 11:41-42
"Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead
was laid. And Jesus lifted up His eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou
hast heard me. And I knew that thou hearest me always; but because of the
people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent
me."
Emulate Our Lord Jesus Christ
Can you realize what is called faith? Can you also see what is
called the reverence of God? If you were the one in this situation you would
have made so much noise over the matter. But here our Lord Jesus Christ was
merely giving thanks to his Father. If you were the one concerned in this
matter you would have prayed and called on God to come down and destroy Satan,
or to come and drive away Lucifer, or break down the stones. You would have
prayed so hard and for so long and made much noise. But have you realized what
our Lord Jesus Christ did?
Many say that they want to come and have audience with God; they
want to discuss with him, or exchange letters with him. And I pity you because
in all your past lives you have been having encounters with Satan; you have
been transacting your business with Lucifer. Right from Adam until now nobody
has known the exact deity of God. Therefore, you are doing things the way you
like.
The Mother Of Zebedee's Two Children Made Her Request
Remember the time when the Mother of the two sons of Zebedee went
to our Lord Jesus Christ to make a request before Him. Matt
20:20-23). She went to him and said she had a request to place
before him. Our Lord Jesus Christ asked her to go ahead with her request. And
she said: O! Master pronounce that in the kingdom of your Father one of the two
children of Zebedee should be placed on your right and the other on your left.
He told them that they knew not what they were requesting. He asked them if
they can taste of the cup that He would drink of. They said yes. And he said it
is true that they could indeed drink of the cup that he drank. And He asked
them again whether they could be baptized with the same baptism that He is
baptized? They said yes. He said, it is true they could receive the same
baptism with which he is baptized. But placing one of them on His right and the
other on His left is not of himself to give. But it has been set aside by his
Father unto those who have been predestined to be there. And I ask: Have your
prayers done any good thing for you? You are quarrelling, you are fighting, you
are infuriated, do you derive any good from all these acts? Have your worries
done any good thing for you?
Continue In Thanksgiving Unto God
It is for this reason that many people do argue that God is no
longer in existence. And such a person will begin to murmur "upon all the
prayers I have offered, all the fasting I have observed, yet my prayers are
unanswered." And I ask: "can God Himself not fast?"
At no point in time had the inhabitants of the world pleased God.
And since you have come to realize this new world (the New Kingdom of God),
therefore in all things you have to give thanks to God over everything he gives
to you. Your prayers will avail you nothing. God knows no variableness in the
things that he creates. He has never done anything out of His predestinated ways. You
can still thank Him for the life He gives to you. You can thank Him for the
good health he bestows unto you. You are at liberty to thank Him continuously
for all the good things he has given to you. You cannot request anything from
him. Upon all the good things God has done for mankind, are you tired of giving
him thanks?
A Reverend Gentleman Who Thanked God At Every Situation Of His Life
I had given you an illustration concerning a certain community.
They had a high mortality rate. Because of the high mortality rate amongst the
citizens of that community they decided that a member of the community should
be sent to be a Minister of God, so that when he came back and offered prayers
people would no more go on transition (die). So when he returned from his
studies as a minister of God the inhabitants of that community unilaterally
shouted, O! Mr. death you have reached your wits end! But the following day
somebody died. And they shouted for joy that the minister will cause that
person to resurrect. Some people suggested that a grave should be dug for
internment, others argued that they should not make the grave. After all, this
wonderful minister is very much around. He will pray and this dead man will
come back to life. He (the minister) was summoned, and reaching the place, he
prayed: "O! Father thank you for what you have done, for if this did not
happen a worse thing could have befallen us." And because of this all of
them were annoyed. And that was not the end of the matter. All of them
dispersed but they still maintained that maybe because that person was not a
very prominent member of the community this minister was yet to start his work.
The following day a very prominent man of that community passed away and all
the inhabitants of that community chorused in one voice that this day the
minister is going to prove what he was taught in the seminary. And when they
had arranged everything they sent for the minister and he came and prayed:
"O! Father thank you for what has happened because if this did not happen
a worse thing would have happened. O! God take the soul unto Yourself."
And he went his way. The people argued among themselves that maybe the first
son of the king has not yet passed away that is why he cannot perform his
miracles.
The following day the first son of the king died. And they said:
if this minister will not cause the king's son to resurrect we shall know that
he did not learn anything while in the seminary. And he was sent for; and he
went, and prayed accordingly as he has been doing before." O! God thank
you, for if this had not happened a worst thing would have come. Take his soul
unto Yourself." The king was so infuriated because he contributed the
greater part of the total amount that gave him the scholarship to the seminary.
Because of that he went and hired four persons to assassinate the minister of
God so that the money may be completely lost. He (the clergyman) has been going
on preaching and therefore, on Sunday like this he was still preaching when
these assassins ambushed along a certain road where there was a hillock. They
expected him to pass through that road and they intended that when he came down
the hill he could be killed. When the minister got to that road and on reaching
the top of the hill the brakes of his motorcycle failed and so he was
screeching down the hill at top speed until he collided with something that
halted him.
The hired assassins who were monitoring him from their hideouts
thought he was dead. These assassins were four and after the crash two of them
came out and asked: "Reverend, what has happened to you?" And he told
them, "if this accident did not occur a worse thing than this would have
befallen him." And the two assassins looked at each other agape. One asked
the other if he did tell him about their plans? He said no. They had to whistle
for the other two to come out and when they came out of their hideout they
asked him? Reverend, what has happened to you? And he answered and said: If
this had not happened worse things would have happened. These two assassins
asked the other ones who were hired to do the job: "Did you tell the
Reverend anything about this deal?" And they said, "no." How did
he realize that a worse thing would have happened? The four of them were those
who helped the Reverend back home because he sustained serious injuries. The
king sent for the minister and he was brought to the king. He asked him: What
has befallen you? He told the king that he gave thanks to God because if the
mishap did not occur to him a greater and worse thing would have befallen him.
The king was surprised and struck with fear. And he thought within himself:
these boys I hired to terminate his life have disgraced me by making the plans
known to him. He called them and inquired: Did you make this known to the
Reverend? They said no but that he has been making this statement all along. He
was shocked and he spoke out that truly this Reverend gentleman has really been
taught as a minister of God. He sent for all the community members, he
assembled them and made an open confession that he indeed was the one that
hired these assassins to terminate his life. And if the accident had not
occurred they would have assassinated him. What is the need for us to request
things from God? God knew that except that accident should occur the life of
that minister would be terminated. That is why he made the accident to occur in
order to take away the assassination upon his life. He (the king) then prayed
the inhabitants of the community to believe fervently in the minister. That
from all indications the minister was a well trained one. Because if that had
not happened a worse thing would have befallen him.
This is a lesson unto all of you to realize that everything that
happens to you from day to day, if those things had not occurred, worse things
would have befallen you. When we come to this realization we will not worry
ourselves.
Take No Thought For The Morrow
What says verse thirty-four of that text? It says: take no thought
for the morrow: for the morrow will take thought of itself. Sufficient unto the
day is the evil thereof. (Matt 6:34). Therefore, from now till
eternity we should not request anything from the hands of God because God knows
all that we require in life. And the gospel of this day is an
eye-opener. Scales have fallen off our eyes and we have realized ourselves more
than before. This is the kingdom of God and you have been called into this
kingdom gratis. Remember the statement made by Prophet Simeon when the young
child was brought before him. He said: "O! God, let your servant depart in
peace for my eyes have seen thy salvation."(Luke 2:29-32).
But you stand here even in this heaven to request things from the hands of God.
And when I look at you I feel so sorry for you because you do not know exactly
where you are? What do you want to request from the hands of God? See our
Brethren who have come in from London, America, and other parts of the world.
God Loves Africa
They give one testimony that those of us in this part of the world
are very lucky. They have spent huge sums of money to transport themselves
here. If you were there, would you have money to pay your fare down here? If it
was to be passed on to voting that the word of God should leave Nigeria, or
even Africa, for the white man's land, who would have given the blacks a
mandate to do so? If a world conference was convened of all the inhabitants of
the world to decide where the word of God should be published and be spread to
other parts of the world, who would have cast his or her vote for Africa? It
would have rested in London or in America. Because a popular agreement would
have been put up that Africans be left alone for they are already down and are
condemned. Are you the person who asked God to do this?
The New Covenant Is The Root Of Your Salvation
Therefore, we should not disturb ourselves again concerning the
way God does His things. Because He has placed everything in their
ship-shape order. You should not request God to do this or do that because he
knows everything and had already arranged His things in their correct
positions. Since you came to the kingdom have you ever seen me praying God to
do this or that for me? At all times I am always bent on giving thanks to the
Father for what He has done. For He knows no variableness in the things that He
creates. What has saved you is that portion of the Bible which says: This is the
new covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days: I will
write my laws in their hearts, neighbor shall not teach neighbor or brother
shall not teach a brother saying know ye the Lord: for all shall know me from
the least to the greatest since I will be merciful unto their unrighteousness
and their sins and iniquities shall I remember no more. (Heb 8:10-12). Now
have the scales fallen off your eyes to understand that for somebody to request
from God is the height of temptation? Even for a child to request something
from you, for any person to come and request anything from you it is temptation
unto you. Even we ourselves we have been confessing this. When somebody
requests anything from you, you shout: O! What sort of temptation is this?
Maybe you were taken by surprise and that was your last card; and when you give
it out you may not have any other one. Yet if you fail to grant the person's
request, that person will say you are not a child of God.
You Have Been Refurbished
It is said in the Bible, "if we were to search ourselves God
would not have judged us. But when he judges us he chastises us so that he may
not condemn us with the people of the world."(1 Cor 11:31-32).
You have seen the love of God unto us this 2nd day of April 1989. He has
brought out this knot that has been taken out from us and has shown it unto us.
The thing that has constituted problems unto us and even our downfall in life
had been registered upon this very loosing knot. Be very happy and rejoice
immensely; because many had gone on fasting but they did not realize this truth.
Many a time when you stand in here to cause that confusion, you
continue to place requests before God. You will be making extra noise when you
place this request. When you talk and talk you reaffirm your request, and I
will look at you with pitiful eyes. Therefore, Brethren, blindness is a very
bad disease. You do not know that when you make this extra noise and movements
to confirm your request you are moving out from the path of rectitude.
Man Is Led To The Accurate Wisdom Of Truth By God Himself
You can then realize that when I give you the answer I accompany
it with the remedy. I first showed you the pattern of the prayer you should
offer, and the repercussions that will come to you if you place requests before
God. Our text is based on what we should do to cross over this effect.
Therefore, whosoever that shall perish, his blood shall be upon him. Since God
created man this is the first time that God is spending so much time (in the
morning, in the afternoon, in the evening and from dawn to dusk) teaching man
one lesson after the other, revealing to man his own nature.
Our Lord Jesus Christ Himself did not do this because He spent three and half
years and during this short period He spoke only in parables; and, without
using parables He did not speak, because He knew He had a mission. (Matt
13:34/Mark 4:34) That is why He said: "When that
Comforter shall come he shall lead you to the accurate knowledge of the
truth." (John 16:13). He (Christ) did not lead mankind
that time to the accurate knowledge of this truth. The knowledge
that I have given you here did Abraham receive of this? Was it given to Elijah?
Moses, Abraham, Noah, Aaron and the rest of them did not have this knowledge.
There has never been any point in time that any man was blessed with this
knowledge. But see how it is being given out to you in B.C.S. Today this secret
wisdom of God is given out to you gratis. That is why I
continue to tell you that in this kingdom you need not pray. Have you ever met
me placing requests or praying that the rain should not fall? Or that the sun
should not shine? At all times I am committed to giving thanks to the Father.
This is what I have been doing. He saves us free.
This Is The Kingdom Which Nebuchadnezzar Had A Revelation Of
For he had made that covenant when he said: This is the covenant
that I will make with the house of Israel after those days: I will write my
laws in their hearts; neighbor shall not teach neighbor or brother shall not
teach his brother saying know ye the Lord; for all shall know me from the least
to the greatest; since I will be merciful to their unrighteousness and their
sins and iniquities I will remember no more.(Heb 8:10-12). He
made this covenant with himself. And today has this covenant not been made
manifest upon this world? This is the long expected kingdom of God that had
been revealed to King Nebuchadnezzar and also interpreted by Daniel.(Dan 2:1-47).
There is no other teacher excepting this. You have seen how I
always arrange my teachings in their correct sequence, as if we are proving
theorems in Algebra or Geometry. But in your own case you preach at random, you
pick here you pick there without a correct sequence. Angels are doing their
work. We should now hear the second lesson to show to you the repercussions
unto those that place requests before God. Anybody that places requests before
God is tempting God and the angels must bring that person to meet his doom.
Second Bible Lesson: 1 Corinthians 10:9
"Neither let us tempt Christ as some of them also tempted,
and were destroyed of serpents."
No Person Believed That God Could Save Humanity; Hence Man's Quest
For Diabology
Have you heard that? Can you now realize where tribulations and
difficulties come out unto you? If not for God's mercy or if this was to happen
in the former generation, and if God had not forgiven man of his sins, what
would have befallen you for placing requests before God would have been great. Apart from
Brotherhood, where He is now personified, did you know that God has been
serving man? Did you come to the understanding hitherto that
God is able to discharge and acquit somebody from a court case, or that God is
able to bestow money to somebody, or that God can bless somebody with children
and other things? You did not know this. You only believed in that slogan:
God helps those who help themselves. You will enter the church building with
the rings, and amulets, or concoctions and everything tied around your waist,
and sometimes you leave the church to go and meet a native doctor. But today what
has happened? The reverse is the case because now when you knock your head on
the ground you receive goodness; when you kneel down you receive peace. He
has placed his own things in their correct positions unto the children of the
Kingdom. Those of you who were here yesterday you must have heard of the gospel
that was given concerning His promise unto mankind. He (God) has kept His
things in their proper positions. All that we have to do is to give thanks to
Him; and sing and dance and show all forms or merriment. If we do any other
thing outside these conditions then it means we are seeking for trouble.
The Pharisee And The Publican
You will remember when the pharisee and the publican went on the
mount to offer prayers. The pharisee prayed saying, O! God I have been fasting
two times a week and paying my tithe to God regularly, I am not like that
abominable publican over there. (Luke 18:9-14).But the publican could not raise
his eyes unto heaven. But bending down he prayed and said: God have mercy upon
me a woeful sinner. And we are made to understand that God answered the prayer
of the publican. When you come in here and continue to pray: O! God I am a
sinner, I have told lies, I have committed fornication, I have done this or
that, does it mean that God does not know we have committed these sins? He
lives in you and knows everything about you. What He requires from us is to be
truly repentant. Once we acknowledge our sinful nature all will
be well with us because God knows that mankind suffers from human frailty.
I Stayed For 27 Years Without Praying
All those who are fond of rendering long prayers; are woeful
persons; and they are abominable persons. For twenty seven (27) years of my
life I never offered a line of prayer. Like somebody will say: O! my Father who
art in heaven. For twenty-seven (27) good years I did not pray. Does it mean
that prayers is not good for man? It is only the woeful sinners and abominable fellows who are
given to offering long prayers.
What else do you want to do? He is in our midst. He owns both
heaven and earth. He has already completed His work and He has arranged His own
things in their proper positions. What else are you going to request from Him? All that you
have to do is to give Him thanks by loving one another. You do
not have any specific assignment to discharge in this kingdom.
After the Creation Process God Said Everything Was Good
Go to the book of Genesis, chapter one. The first day He created
all that was to be created that first day and said in the end that all was good.
The second day after the creation process of that day he still blessed the day.
And so He continued blessing each day of His creation even till today.
Therefore there is nothing from God that is evil. All that emanates from Him is
good. And therefore His goodness is universally distributed to all men.
Therefore when you see somebody given to offering prayers do not regard him as
somebody who loves God so much. Rather those who offer prayers are those who
are very greedy, those who are trying to tempt God.
If God gives you food you should place the food before you and
give thanks to Him: O! God thank You for this food You have given me, when I eat it
let it be good to my body and soul. In everything we should
always give thanks to Him, if it is His will He will do the same, if it is not
His will He will not do so. And there is no difficulty at all in either case.
David Prayed For The Recovery Of His Sick Child But God Did Not
Answer His Prayers
David, was anxious over that first child delivered by the wife of
that army officer. The child fell into serious sickness. David fasted and
rolled on the ground praying to God to heal the child because he loved the
woman so dearly, and passed this love unto the child that God should save the
life of the young child. Every person noticed David's sympathy for the sick
child; so they themselves joined in praying to God that something disastrous
might not befall this little child because if the child should die our father
David would also go on transition. But unfortunately that child died. Out of
fear they could not make this known to David but he was very anxious to know
about the condition of the child. He asked:"Is the child dead?" They
said: "no, he is not dead." But he was doubting how things have gone
so bad in the compound. Because they had considered the condition of David even
when that child was sick but still breathing how he was shivering. Now that the
child has passed away; should they make this known to David, he will faint. And
so they hid this from him but later they could not help but to tell David the
whole story. And David requested for water. He had a good bath, took the best
of his wrappers, adorned himself as a young man and requested for food to be
served to him. People were so astonished over his reaction. And he told them he
must behave that way because he had cried, wailed, mourned and rolled on the
ground when the child was sick because he wanted God to have mercy and heal
that child. But after all that was spent the sickness could not heal, and now
that the child has died, what else could he do? Is there anyone amongst you who
has not had an encounter with God?
Do Not Resist The Will Of God Any Longer
That is why the scriptures says that you always continue to resist
the will of God. At all times you are prone to resisting God, even as your
forefathers had done. Those of you who are not circumcised at your hearts
and ears are always resisting the Holy Spirit even as your fathers did.
What do you want to request from Him? He is the creator. He owns the heavens.
He owns the earth and the fullness thereof. He is in our midst. And has already
arranged His own things according to plan. You do not have anything to
request from Him than to always give thanks to Him in whatsoever you find
yourself doing.
Do you think that if God was to be human He would have lived till
today? And do you think that if He had hearkened unto my prayers He would still
maintain that position as God? And even that which you are requesting from God
if God were to bestow all your requests to you will you be able to carry the
load of your requests granted to you? Your situation is deeply pathetic before
the Lord. But we thank the Father because He is an all wise God. His wisdom
transcends all planes of manifest. And He knows that we are fools that is why
at all times He does not depart from us an inch. But look at what is happening
now in Brotherhood, if a vision was given to a member of Brotherhood in Akwa
Ibom State that the Holy Father has granted a Pentecostal Centre to them would
you not tell that person to shut up his mouth and stop giving fake visions,
that all of you are coming to Calabar? If somebody has prophesied that Akamkpa
and the rest of these local government areas in Cross River State will be
granted Pentecostal Centres would you have believed? Did you even see this in
your dreams? Did visioners tell you this? But now that these Pentecostal
Centres have been created for all of you does it mean that it is done out of
your own worthiness, or that you requested this from God, or because of your
righteousness?
God Does Not Destroy. It Is The Angels Who Cause Destruction To
Mankind
Therefore, you should not request anything again from God. He is
the all wise God. He is our Father. He is a kind and loving Father. His grace
is sufficient unto all. And He knows all that we need in life. We should not
request anything from Him so that we may live peaceably one unto another with
Him. Because He is not the one that punishes us per se; but the angels of God
taking charge of matters are those coming to chastise us. Anybody
who requests anything from God, the angels will go to such a person and torment
him. You have heard even the text of this day: "and were destroyed of the
serpent."(Num 21:5/1 Cor 10:9). The serpent was used for
the destruction of all those who tempted Him.
At times the destroyer will be used to destroy mankind.
At other times fire, rain and the rage of angels will be used to
destroy man. It is not God who is performing all those destructions. It is said
that if we were to search ourselves God would not judge us but when He judges
us He chastises us that we may not be condemned with the people of the world.(1 Cor
11:31-32).
Christ Is The Mouthpiece Of God
When I tell you that you should not place any request before God,
you continue to argue. Why? It was sickness that brought me to Brotherhood, or
my aged mother at home is suffering from one kind of an infirmity, and I want
God to heal me and heal her too. Does it mean by so doing you did not come in
here to worship God? In (1 John 2:1) we can see this. My little children,
these things I write unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an
advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous." Nobody can pray
excepting our Lord Jesus the Christ who is our Saviour, the only mouth piece of
God. No person can offer prayers to God, it is He Himself alone that can speak
on behalf of man. When you come out here to say, "let thanks and praises
be given to the Father," do you think that is the correct way of offering
prayers? No person throughout the entire wide world knows God. All the
inhabitants of the world are eluded of the correct wisdom of the deity of God.
That is why today this pattern of prayer has been given to us. Anywhere you
find yourself you should be bent on giving thanks to God.
Anything you experience in life you should give thanks to God for it is said
that no temptation cometh unto man except that which is destined to befall man,
and in the midst of such temptation God will carve a way out for you.(1 Cor
10:13).
Your Prayer Is Of Non-Effect
It is said: "are two sparrows not sold for one farthing? And
one shall not fall unto the ground excepting the Father knows about it."(Matt
10:29). It is also said that no man can have anything except it
be given to him from above.(John 3:27). If our prayers were to be effective,
until now, Moses would not have died; Abraham and the rest of them would not
have died away. Upon all the prayers they offered and the fasting they observed
where are they today?
Come to think of our Lord Jesus Christ as a case in point. He told
His Father, "I know you always hear my prayers" (John
11:41-42). But I ask: "On that eventful day, the day He
was arrested, did He not pray?(Matt 26:42/Mark 14:36/Luke22:42). Did the Father
hear His prayers?" It is said: "Ask, seek, knock and ye shall
receive."(Matt
7:7). Because of this you come in here and make so much noise,
all by way of prayers until my ear drums have been affected. I pity you so
much. And I ask: "These people, do they even know where they are
going?" This
Kingdom is a ready-made one. It has been established in heaven
and sent down on earth in a ready-made manner. There is
nothing you can add onto this Kingdom which is expanding,
and spreading its tentacles throughout the entire world.
Have You Ever Begged God To Forgive Your Sins?
But because God does not take pleasure that man should perish, He
has brought to us this minute knot which has been loosened from our body
system. All these times, did you ever pray that God should forgive your sins?
You are always placing requests before Him. Did you know that anytime you
request anything from God it is the height of insult? Nobody has the right to
even beg God for good health. When you place any request before
Him you are tempting God. I am standing on the highest
heavens to make this proclamation: At no point should you make requests. What can I
request for, after all. Brethren I do not want to overload you. Listen to our
golden text as it is going to be read, which is the panacea for all our
sicknesses.
Golden Text: Matthew 6:7-8
"But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen
do, for they think they shall be heard for their speaking.
Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what
things ye have need of, before ye ask him."
Bestow Thanks to God In Everything He Does Day By Day
Do you think that when you pray thanking the Father: O! Father
thank you for what you have done unto me, thank you God for what you have
bestowed unto me, do you think God does not know what you have need of? Do you
think God is ignorant of your requests? He knows everything about you and at
all times you should bestow thanks on Him. We are indebted to Him, so give
thanks to Him for everything he has done to us. The duty we have to discharge
towards God is that of thanksgiving for everything He bestows onto us. He is the
one that created us. He owns us and knows everything about us. You do not have
any right whatsoever to request anything from His hands. But in all situations
we should be thankful to God.
Wherever God Sends You To, Comply With Urgency
If He has ordained that tomorrow you should go to Lagos when
tomorrow comes you should not waste any time or say, O! Father let me prepare
for the journey to Lagos, but you should leave immediately. Because we have a
spiritual chorus here which says: "My disciples be ever ready." If He says
enter into the water you should comply immediately, for He Himself is water and
He knows where He is sending you to. If we from today continue to render thanks
unto God, and refuse to place requests before Him shall we have any encounter
with God?
Don't Clash With God By Tempting Him
Because it is only when you request something from somebody that
you will either know whether the person is good or bad if he gives you, you
could go back to that person the next day. And the day he will refuse to give
it to you, you claim he is an abominable fellow. Can you see why you have
clashed with God; or why you complain that God does not love you; God has not
done this or that for you? All these emanate from that temptation of placing
requests before God. And this temptation is too hideous and it is too much on
your side. The
insult that is the greatest, is to tempt God. Who are you that
should tempt the one who owns heaven and earth? What is man that he should place
temptation before God? When He destroyed the generation of Noah was He not God?(Gen 6:7).
And when He destroyed the generations of the two cities of Sodom and Gomorrah
was He still not God?(Gen 19:24-28).
There Is Nothing Evil In The World
All the mighty works that He continue to perform throughout the
entire world is He still not God? Therefore, we should close our mouths and
only give thanks to God in everything happening. For nothing is evil after all
concerning the things that beset us. Temptation is good. Honor is good.
Disgrace is equally good. Death is good. Life is good. All the things that
transpire in the world, they are all good. And therefore we should continue
to give thanks to God over what we see in our lives. You have seen how our Lord
Jesus Christ prayed giving thanks to His Father.(Matt 11:25/John 11:41).
The same must we do.
When Praying Avoid Vain Repetitions
And in our golden text you have been told not to dabble into vain
repetitions. Like when you come out here and say O! Father I am sick, heal me,
pass through and heal the other sick person. I want you to understand that
these are vain repetitions of things He has already known. Is He not the one
that owns you? Is He not the One that is in you? He knows everything about you.
He knows your name and all your problems and difficulties in life. Mention one
thing He has not known about you. When you knock down your head on the
ground you receive grace and when you kneel down you receive His peace. The
moment you knock your head and worship Him saying: Thank you Father for what
you have done, all is well with you.
You Cannot Counsel God On What To Do
You stand here to pray shouting at the top of your voice. Does it
mean that God is deaf? You come out here to show things to God. Does it mean that
God is blind? You come out here to advise God? Did we come in here to tell God
what to do? We all came in here to worship Him and abide by His injunctions. He
knew the reason behind my ordaining prophets and prophetesses in the manner I
have done. Who can tell me the reason behind what I did? Who knew the reason
why somebody who has not yet received of the baptism of this kingdom, cannot
even pray, and the next moment I elect him as a pastor? Do you know the reason
behind this? Even somebody will come in here to steal I will quickly catch him
and ordain him as a pastor.
Do You Know The Reason Behind Anything I Do In This Kingdom?
Has this wisdom of God not eluded all of us? Have we not been
eluded of this recondite wisdom of God? You should be asking yourself these
questions: I came in here lusting after a certain sister, who came to steal but
all of a sudden she said this man has ordained me. What has happened? Even I
could not even pray, but see the position He has given to me in Brotherhood?
Now amongst all the visioners in the Kingdom, those the Father has opened their
eyes, have you seen me ordaining any of them as prophet? But those I ordain as
prophets even if the letter "A" should be as big as this house they
would not see it spiritually. They cannot dream and remember what they dreamt.
But these are the human beings I have elected as prophets. Those who can see
spiritually I have not elected them. But those who cannot see I make them
prophets. Can you see how the wisdom of God has eluded mankind? How many of
the Christ Students have I ordained? They are the preachers, they are those who
understand clearly the intricacies of Brotherhood. But how many of them are
with turbans? There is no ordained one who knows even a single principle of
this Kingdom; yet I ordain them. The Christ Students who know everything about
this Kingdom I have not washed their legs and feet. Have you seen me ordaining
them? Can't you sit back and ask yourself: Why has God done things this way?
Does it mean that God makes mistakes? Here, there are those who left their
mothers, their fathers, their relations and some others resigned from the civil
service and the management positions they were occupying in the world. They
came in here, and have spent twenty-one years, and so shall they remain
forever. But here you are, you are jumping left and right, jumping from pillar
to post, and when you come I ordain you. What do you think about this place?
Even The Christ Students Have No Need For Prayers
Do you remember when Christ said, "whosoever will come after
me but does not hate his mother, his brothers, his sisters, his wife, her
husband, and his very life, cannot be worthy of me?" (Luke 14:26).
Those who have fulfilled these conditions are they not the Christ Students? And
What conditions have you fulfilled? What have you done? Among the Christ
Students they have no need to offer prayers amongst themselves. If somebody
should stand up amongst them to pray saying, O! God give me a child, bless me
with a sister or brother, they will look at you as a small boy and you will be
ashamed. But in your own case when you are given a vision that God has sent a
fat envelope to you, you will knock your head repeatedly and will question
whether the envelope has not arrived yet. Therefore, Brethren enough is enough.
Christ Requested Not Of God About The Resurrection Of Lazarus
This is the year 1989 and from this year henceforth I am going to
fortify you concerning the requirements of this Kingdom. You have heard the
lessons given to you that we should not resemble them. Because they feel that
God hears somebody's prayers through long speaking. But in all things we should
give thanks to God for whatsoever he has done to us. He knows all your
requests. He created you. And therefore there is no need for us to place
requests before Him. And the mere fact that God has called us into this
Kingdom, is that not enough? Show me any other position that is higher than your being elected
into this wonderful Kingdom. You have heard the pattern of
prayers that our Lord Jesus Christ offered: "O! Father thank you because I
know that at all times you have been hearing my prayers. But because of the
people standing here say I this that your name may be glorified."(John 11:42).
Did the Father not know that Lazarus was dead? He is the one responsible for
his going on transition; and did He not cause Lazarus to resurrect? Did our
Lord Jesus Christ request Him to cause Lazarus to resurrect? Or did He report
to the Father that: "Father behold Lazarus my friend is now dead." He
did none of these, but rather gave thanks to the Father. And this pattern of
prayer should remain, and be observed throughout our lives. He created you and
called you into this kingdom. He knows all your problems; and daily, He is
solving them for you. When Martha reported to our Lord Jesus Christ saying:
"Behold the one that you love so much is sick. What did Christ say in
reply? He told her that the sickness of Lazarus is not that which will lead
unto death. But he is sick to reveal the glory of God."(John
11:3-4). He passed on His way.
Think of this, somebody is telling you that your best friend is
sick, but you give an answer, and still go your way undisturbed. After this our
Lord Jesus Christ was told that Lazarus had died. And after four days He told His
disciples, "let us go back to Bethany," and they asked Him, "is
it the very place that you were to be stoned that we should go back to?"
He said, "we should go back because Lazarus is asleep." And they
said,"let him sleep well." But He said, "no, it is not the
ordinary sleep but he has gone on transition."
Peter was a very devout person. When our Lord Jesus Christ said,
"we should go back and cause Lazarus to resurrect," Peter was so
inquisitive that they should see another miracle, just as you want to know many
things happening in this Kingdom.
Lazarus Came Back To Life
But see the behavior of our Lord Jesus Christ by the tomb of
Lazarus. If this was to be done by an ordinary human being, in this world,
would he not call upon the name of Lazarus?
He would have mentioned the name of Lazarus to God: O! God see my
friend Lazarus who was so good, he used to cook for me, walked with me
everywhere. He would have called God to curse Satan, to destroy juju and
apparition. But he was making very cute sentences. He prayed God: O! Father
thank you, for I know you always hear my prayers; but for the sake of the
people say I this. He called Lazarus to come out of the tomb, and he obeyed.
Who Has Taught You To Behave In This Manner?
This is the Kingdom of God and not the kingdom of the world.
Now when you want to offer prayers, you see yourselves carrying turbans. This
one will hold this edge and another person will hold the other end and you will
encircle somebody and pray. I have seen something in this kingdom! You place
the turban on somebody's head. Some will use the turban to beat other parts of
the person receiving prayers.
REFERENCE: Everlasting Gospel By The Sole Spiritual Head Of The Universe, Leader Olumba Olumba
Obu on: "REQUESTFUL PRAYERS ARE INSULT TO GOD"
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