TEXT: Romans 6:1-23.
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that
grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any
longer therein? Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into
Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by
baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the
glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we
have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the
likeness of his resurrection: Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with
him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not
serve sin. For he that is dead is freed from sin. Now if we be dead with
Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him: Knowing that Christ being
raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. For
in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto
God. Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive
unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Let not sin therefore reign in your
mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Neither yield ye your
members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto
God as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of
righteousness unto God. For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are
not under the law, but under grace. What then? shall we sin, because we are not
under the law, but under grace? God forbid. Know ye not, that to whom ye yield
yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of
sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? But God be thanked, that ye
were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of
doctrine which was delivered you. Being then made free from sin, ye became the
servants of righteousness. I speak after the manner of men because of the
infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to
righteousness unto holiness. For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free
from righteousness. What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now
ashamed? for the end of those things is death. But now being made free from
sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end
everlasting life. For the wages of sin is death: but the gift of
God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
I have, times without number, told you the
primary purpose of holding the Bible Class twice every week
throughout the year. It has equipped you with the recondite wisdom of
God with which you can overcome the craftiness and the worldly
knowledge of the so-called wise men of the world; and adorn you to withstand
the wiles of Satan. If you are versed with the words of God, you will
not go astray from the path of righteousness. Adhere strictly to the pamphlet:
"First Step to God."
Romans 6:23:-For the wages of sin
is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Brethren, have you heard that passage? That is why you
are always advised not to commit sin. The publication "First Step to
God" represents what should be regarded as the rules and conditions of
service for any good follower of Christ. That little pamphlet lists everything
that is considered sinful in this New Kingdom of God, the violation of any of
them leads you to the way of death. What is sacrosanct in our belief is that if
any person sins, he will die because the wages of sin is death. You can fast
for one year, or pray 12 times a day, or go on ministry work to 100 stations,
it is a truism that if you sin, you have to die.
Sin Is The Cause, And Death Is The Effect Of Sin
Nothing in this world can kill you. A tree, water, the
hazards of weather and the elements cannot kill you. Neither gun, fire, sword,
hatchet, bow and arrow, spear, club or any other dangerous weapon can kill you.
It is only sin which you persist in that can kill you.
The sin you commit day and night is the cause of
death. That is to say, sin is the "cause", and death is the
"effect" of sin, but your trouble is that you emphasize the effect of
a matter instead of your considering the cause of the matter first. When you
are sick, you begin to take tablets or injections or drink some compound
concocted by herbalist in order to cure your sickness without first diagnosing
the cause of the sickness. The medicine you take will not serve any useful
purpose without any diagnoses. The causes of your sickness are fornication,
telling lies, stealing, exasperation or any other vice. That is why James
5:14-16 was written for your guidance.
Sin Leads To Sickness
James 5:14-16:-
Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of
the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of
the Lord: And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise
him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. Confess your
faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual
fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
It is the sin you commit that brings upon you sickness
and death. That is why you are told to confess your sins to one another and
also pray for one another. If, therefore, somebody is sick, tell him to confess
his sins and repent, then you pray for him pleading with Father to forgive him.
The Father will forgive him and his sickness and difficulties will be cured and
solved. Do not begin to find names for this sickness, that he is sick
of jaundice or fever, or abscess or any other disease. If you do, you are
rather following after the effect and not after the cause. Medical doctors and
scientists, necromancers and herbalists are ignorant of this important fact.
They are always after the effect but here we are always after the cause and not
the effect of the matter.
Anger And Malice Are Instrumental To Sickness
This explains why, whenever you come to me, I ask you
if you are angry. This is so because when you are angry, and when you
bear malice towards any person, you become sick and have many problems. So
when you come I ask you if you are annoyed.If you tell lies, the prayer I offer
will not be beneficial to you, and you will return as you came with the
sickness; and because you have told lies before me you return with double
punishment. This explains why many complain that their illnesses
become worse after the Father had offered prayers on their behalf. That is what
they deserve.
Go To God First In Penitence With Humility, And Not
With Requests
By right, whenever you come here you should not
request anything, but should penitently ask God for forgiveness of your sins,
because the moment you confess your sins, all your troubles, problems and
difficulties are written off. You have borne grudge against somebody, you have
committed fornication and adultery, you have told lies, you have been angry,
you have taken some drugs or concoctions and yet you come requesting for
prayers, of what use is that prayer to you? Whereas the cause of your trouble
is sin. It is for this reason that I have come to admonish you to forsake sin
and vices. From January to December of every year, I continue to beat this
point into your mind but you persistently refuse to heed my advice. There is no
other cause of your sickness, or poverty and wretchedness, or death, or
tribulations and afflictions but sin. It is because you sin that death has
domination over you. When you sin, you are at the mercy of death.
It can snatch you at any time. It has every right to slap you or spit on you at
any time.
The Law Is No Respecter Of Persons
For instance, if any person contravenes the traffic
regulations and by so doing causes an accident, the traffic policemen have the
right to allow the law to take its course against the culprit no matter his
station in the society; be he a judge, or governor or doctor. The police has
the right to reprimand or damn him, or take any course of action against such a
fellow until he begins to plead for pardon and can even grease the palms of the
policemen in order to secure his freedom. No person can question the action of
the policemen because the person has offended against the law. He is guilty.
In the same way, if your child steals another person's
property, he is guilty of an offense of theft and if he is arrested by the
police, even if you, as the father, are a judge, there is nothing you can do.
He is under the law, the law has to take its course against him. As a judge,
you will not be able to do anything to help him rather you will regard him as a
disgrace to the family. In fact, you will be very angry against this son for
committing the crime.
In the same way also, you have a very beautiful wife
whom you left at home, and on your return from work you find her in bed with
the chief judge of the State or County, have you not got the boldness to slay
him because he is guilty before the law he is expected to protect? You are at
liberty to treat him as you like because he has fallen into your trap. He will
not even have the face to defend himself. He will be a disgrace to his
profession.
You have never stopped for a moment to ask yourself
why death should be so impudent to kill such high ranking men like the judge,
the magistrate, the governor, the pope, the king, the president, the prime
minister and others. This is so because of their sins. When you sin you
definitely give death the audacity to kill you because the wages of sin is
death. Death is like a police officer who has to arrest you once it is
reported to him that you have committed a crime. That is why death has the
right to snatch any person at any time.
Look at the courts everywhere and all policemen and
other law enforcement officers, if you do not commit any crime, the police will
never take you to the court, they will not arrest you. You will move about without
fearing anything but when you commit any crime, you will even fear making
appearance outside, because if they arrest you they will never let you go.
All your activities of singing, dancing going on
ministry work, building Bethels are very good by themselves. But if you do not
refrain from sin, these activities will not save you. All your efforts in
furnishing and equipping this assembly hall are appreciated by many. But if you
do not refrain from sin, and turn away from evil, you have no gain whatsoever.
John 8:34-35:-Jesus answered them,
Verily, Verily I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever.
Brethren have you heard that? Why should death be so
audacious as to kill you. Are you its slave or servant?Upon your high position
and standing in the society, it takes you in a matter of seconds and you follow
it without any argument. You may be a judge, or a king or a professor. It
beckons you, and you follow it without questions. You may be a lawyer pleading
your case in the court and suddenly it comes and snatches you away and you
follow it without any resistance. You may be a millionaire just coming out of
your luxurious car and it calls you. In spite of your wealth, your position in
the society, your influence, you have to follow it. Why? Your children, are
shouting on you not to follow it. Your friends try to rescue you, yet you will
not listen to them, you will follow on like a sheep without any resistance. Consider
how numerous we are here, but cannot resist it at all. It is able to do this
because of your sinful ways. All those who commit sins are worthy of death.
No Charm Can Protect You From Death
All your efforts to adorn yourselves with protective
charms and talisman and magical signs capable of warding off evil and death, or
surround yourself or your house with fetishes and concoctions and juju are
useless, because none of these can prevent you from death. Can these things
withstand death, it is absolute foolishness on your part to get yourself
involved in these ways; because when your record is checked and it is
discovered that you have stolen or fornicated, or done any other thing worthy
of death; you are therefore snatched away by death. Is it not the reason
why some juju doctors complain that upon the charms and concoctions they have
in the house, their children are still dying? Are they not foolish to think
that a piece of dead wood can save them, whereas they claim that their charms
and concoctions can slap you, or push you forward and backward? This explains
why I focus my attention on reminding you to flee from sinning so that you may
be able to run away from death.
Read Revelation 6:8:-And
I looked, and behold a pale horse:and his name that sat on him was Death,and
Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of
the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with beasts
of the earth.
Notice that death and Hades have been empowered and
authorized to use sword and hunger and the beasts of the earth to destroy the
world. There is nothing that happens which is not known to God, and there is
nothing he is not aware of. When you sin, you allege that you are reported, no
person reports you, God knows everything. You have been advised to forsake sin
but you still continue to sin. Do you not hear that death is empowered
and Hades is authorized to kill evil ones with the sword, famine and hunger and
with wild beasts? Brethren, why should beasts kill man, why should man
be killed by thunder or by a tree, or by a storm, or by a sword? I always
advise you, beg and plead with you to forsake sin; not to steal, or fornicate,
or tell lies, or indulge in charms and concoctions. It is your person that I
want. If you indulge in sin you become susceptible to sickness, or poverty or
death or persecution. When you sin, you are under the bondage of death,
and it can take you away, even now that you are standing with me I will not be
able to rescue you; because the wages of sin is death. If you are snatched away
by death, who is to blame? What can I do to you in such a situation? I have
been pleading with you to forsake all manners of sin, but you refuse to abide
by my instruction. Afterwards you allege that you are being reported. No person
reports you. When you steal, death which is an agent of God has seen you, and
so, as you steal before me, it will arrest you and impose the final penalty on
you, without having anybody to plead for your release. Whatever sin you commit
is not hidden in the sight of God; and so death or sickness or poverty will
surely exact its penalty from you. At such a confrontation, what do you think I
can say or do, when these agents come here to report you, for committing these
vices?
It is always good to obey instructions and put them
into practice than to believe inadvertently that since the Holy Father is with
you, you can commit all types of sins and go scot-free, because He will even be
there to rescue you. When you steal and fornicate, people see what you do and
readily report or confront you when they ask you, if that is what you are
taught in Brotherhood. Sometimes you fornicate with somebody's wife. Will the
husband or his relation not take an action against you, or at least, form an
opinion about you? When you sin, you condemn yourself before people,
and before God Himself. That is why I always caution you to refrain
from all manners of sin.
Anytime you commit sin, the worldly people will testify
that you are not so taught by the Leader, because they know that the Leader
does not sin and does not like any one that sins. This is the reason, when you
commit an offense against the law the owner and you are arraigned before a
magistrate, you will not have leniency but maximum judgement against you
because he knows that as a Brotherhood you should not have committed that
offense. Now if a Brotherhood member is taken to court for theft, the
Magistrate will discharge and acquit him on the grounds of fear, that if the
offender is jailed he, the magistrate, will also be jailed spiritually. But now
the Father has given them the authority to jail all offenders.
1st Corinthians 15:51-56:-Behold,
I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a
moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump:for the trumpet shall
sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and
this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on
incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be
brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O
death where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is
sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
Have you heard what is read to you? What is
the sting of death? The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin
is law. Is any other thing mentioned there? Is witchcraft or mermaid or concoction
mentioned? You have heard what Moses did and also what Peter did. (John
18:10/Matt 26:52) Our Lord Jesus Christ told Peter to put back his
sword into its sheath, for any person who takes the sword dies by it. What
about Moses,(Ex 2:12) did he not commit murder before he died? He
was a soldier and so was involved in killing a lot of people. Whatever
you are if you kill you will surely be killed. Do what you may, but if
you cause the death of a human being, you will also die because he who takes
the sword must die by the sword; whoever takes the gun must die by the gun and
so with the bow or club or stave; whatever judgement you give to somebody, the
same will be measured unto you. Why are you afraid of death? Why do you not
refrain completely from sin? No matter its gravity, run away from sin because
if you commit it, you must surely be penalized. If you say you are the disciple
of David, did David not suffer untold punishment? If you know the suffering of
David because of his sins would you bear it? At one time he was so notorious
and infamous that he was declared a wanted person, and was dethroned as a
result of his criminality.
Remember before the marriage contracted between David
and the daughter of Saul was consummated, David had to give Saul 300 human
heads. David went to war and brought 300 human heads. What was this for?
Remember also that when David caused Uriah the Hittite to die at war and he
took his wife unto himself as wife, Prophet Nathan (2 Sam 12:1-15) was
sent by God to tell him what he had done, and the punishment that awaited him.
Have you not read about these stories of David? Why was David's son Amnon
intimate with his sister Tamar? Why did his son, Absalom invite his brother
Amnon to accompany him to a party and at the party caused his brother to be
killed? (2 Sam 13:1-39)Observe that David was the cause of what
happened in his house. When you find yourself in such a situation you complain
that the situation is caused by witchcraft or mermaid or any other thing. The
two stories are clear enough to let you know the effect of sin on any human
being. This is the way through which you are visited with God's punishment, and
sometimes, you suffer to such an extent that you look for death, yet you are
not capable of refraining from sin. What do you think God Himself is? Is He not
Human? Is God a tree or an animal? Has He not created man in His own image and
likeness?
What we should know is that sin cannot help us at all.
Whenever you sin no matter how light it is, you have to be penalized. No matter
the circumstance, do not commit sin. Even if somebody wants to cut off your
head, do not sin. Righteousness should always be our watchword; rather than for
us to commit sin and then come begging before God. From today you know that the
wages of sin is death. If you do not want death; will you ever commit sin?
Since you know that when you sin you will receive punishment, and if you do not
want punishment, will you sin? But you love suffering and punishment.
You are looking for a child so that even if you die he
takes over your inheritance. Even if you die as a result of your sins, when you
begin to suffer and death does not come to you, you begin to murmur against
God. You want money, and to be a rich man, so you steal. Because of this crime,
you are penalized. Instead of blaming yourself, you blame and murmur against
God. There is nothing which has induced you to commit sin than to look for
carnal things. When you Read 1st Timothy 6:9-10 you will discover that your
only problem is that you all look for wealth, you lust after the things of this
world. You will prefer to have one of your hands cut off provided you marry the
man of your choice; you would prefer to suffer anything for reason of getting
money, and console yourself that even if you die the money will be used in
giving you a befitting burial. I am saying all these to your shame.
1st Timothy 6: 9-10:-But
they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish
and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the
love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they
have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Why do you make the false allegation that your parents
are instrumental for your sinful behavior? Why do you lie against the
government, that the Government compels you to commit sin? Is it true that the
Government compels you to do what is against your will? Why have you alleged
that your wife induced you or that your wife has misled you. Can your wife
mislead you? It is your lust which has misled you. When you complain
that somebody has deceived you under the pretence of doubling your money, and
has duped you, were you not the person looking for much money? You
invited a money-doubler to double and triple your money because you have been
told; if you give N1000.00, you will be given N3000.00. Since you lust after
money, you gave N1000.00 and the person escaped with it. You are responsible
for this, you should not blame anybody.
Upon all my pleading with you to forsake sin, who has
adhered to this pleading? I give you the word of God, I heal your sickness, I
bless you and anoint you with oil but in spite of these, you have refused to
forsake sins. I speak to you hours and hours on end; and in teaching,
admonishing, exhorting and advising you, shed tears for your unbelief. But
since you do not want to forsake sin there is nothing I can do. Nobody, not
even government, not your parents, not your friends are responsible for your
ill-luck, nor your affliction, but your lust for carnal things. You are
desirous to become a wealthy man, a prominent person in the society; and so you
join the gang of highway robbers and go all out, prepared for any
eventualities. You will be equipped with the sword, gun and other dangerous
weapons; you are prepared to die provided you steal the money you are looking
for. It is lusting after the things of this world that has been your greatest
handicap. If you had lived a life of contentment, you would not have had any
problem. If you were contented with one shirt, one pair of shorts, one gown,
one pair of shoes you would not have had any problem, but you want to be rich.
When you have a child, you pray God to give you three more children, money,
houses, aeroplane, ocean steamer until these things constitute a heavy burden
to you, and you begin to cry and lament to God. Did He advise you to look for
all these things? There is an adage which says that whatever is delicious in
the mouth of a sick person that will he eat to quicken the death. You wanted a
wife and now you have a wife. You were looking for a husband, now you have a
husband. Why do you complain about your wife or husband? Did your father or
mother or government or friend advise you to marry? Was it not your lustful
desire that caused that?
Romans 6: 16:-Know ye not, that to
whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are, to whom ye
obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
Now that you have given up yourself to steal and
prostitute about, so that you can have money, do you realize that such actions
lead you to death? Do you want to tell me that you are not aware that carnal
desires will lead you to death? When you deceive, or steal or cheat or indulge
in concoctions, or tell lies, do you not know that these actions lead you to
death? What about the person who does not steal or tell lies or deceive or
cheat or fornicate; refraining from all vices and resigning his life to God?
Does he not know that he is leading to eternal life? Why did our Lord Jesus
Christ live for only 33 years? As the Son of man, Son of God, and God Himself,
why was it so possible for people to get Him so easily without any resistance?
It shows that God is no respecter of persons. It was
because of our sins that our Lord died because he promised that He would carry
our sins, and that He should be killed for our sake. You remember that
the cup of the sins of the whole world,the cup of woe, was given to Him to
drink. Immediately He drank it, God departed from Him and He became susceptible
to death. He was despised by the Jews who subjected him to all sorts of
sufferings, to the extent of slapping Him, spitting on Him and cursing Him.
Since He drank the cup of sins of the world He become a sinner.
Investigate properly, you will find that Brotherhood
members die because the spirit of God had left them since the time they
committed fornication. When you begin to take treatment of any type, taking
tablets, or injection or undergoing "D & C" or surgical operation,
you defile the body and so the Spirit of God departs from you.If Christ had not
surrendered His Spirit He would not have died. That was why He said,
"Father into thy hands I commend my spirit, " (Luke 23:46) and
immediately, He gave up the ghost. He died before the death of the other two
persons crucified with Him. It was an act of God that He died at that time
because if the soldiers observed that He did not give up the ghost, His limbs
would have been broken. This would have meant that on his resurrection He would
be a deformed spirit. But God did not want it that way, so He died before the
other two.
No matter how you are beloved by God, do not commit
any sin, because when you commit any sin He will forsake you. You have
witnessed what happened here when you sin. I have nothing to do with any sin.
Even if someone smears feces and urine on me, I shall not quarrel with him. I
shall not revenge. I shall rather pray for him, feed him and wish him peace,
because I know what it is to refrain from all manners of sin. I do not want to
be sick; I do not want to be poor. I am forward ever, backward never, since
I am striving for eternal life. Even if you want to steal some of my property I
shall ask you to collect all.
What will the community use in judging me? Since
I am not under their law; I have not violated any of their laws. How can the
people condemn me? What will the Government use as evidence to judge
me? I do not violate the laws and regulations of Government. If I want
to build I shall first have my site and building plans approved by the
authorities. I always walk according to the laws of Government. On what
ground will the small children judge me? I do not beat them. I do not
torture them. I do not abuse or curse them.I do not discriminate against them
because they are children. But I always call them brother or sister. On what
basis will they report me? What about you, they have already reported you to
the Lord, because you have flogged them, you have abused them, you have
discriminated against them. But I do not cause them to be segregated. I do not
know why I should call them children. I treat every person in the same way
because I do not want to go to the place you like. I want to remain in the
Kingdom of God and live eternally. What will women use in judgement against
me? I do not hate them, I do not create distinction between them and
other people. I have jealously maintained the glory that was women's and even
increased it in this kingdom.I have no trouble with women; and there is no
difference between men and women. I treat them both alike. In your own case you
cane them, beat them with sticks, hold them by the neck, abuse and curse them;
send them away and tell them to go with their bad children as if they alone are
responsible for the badness of their children. All bad children belong to the
mother and good ones belong to the father. Under such a situation, they lament
to God and their tears go before God and stand in judgement against you, and
immediately, the angels are assigned to arrest you. You have a case to answer
but I have no case to answer. I know all these things are forbidden that is why
I do not go there; I only stand for the truth which leads man to everlasting
life; but you are obedient to what leads you to eternal damnation which is
death. I have tried all my best to get you to refrain from further
commission of sins, but you continue to shake your head, to indicate that you
are not capable of refraining from sins. The alternative is to abandon you to
the world you prefer to live in.
Have I ever imputed sins against any person, whether
man or woman? Whatever you do, I say, "It is good, " because once
I impute sins on any person, you are for eternal destruction. Since I want
eternal life I always count whatever you do as good.
Upon all my teachings you are still committing sins.
Have I ever said, "you have committed an offense?" The moment I do
that, you are already judged; and you will not have any defense for
yourselves. Upon the number of people we have in this fold, when did I
ever suspend any member? Can you remember the last time a member was dismissed
or disfellowshipped or excommunicated? When you steal, I embrace you and give
you tea. I advise you not to fornicate, but you continue to fornicate, and I
embrace you. We can even sleep together that day. Have I ever imputed sins
for any person? "No, " because I want to remain free for eternity in
the Kingdom of God.
Where do you think a person who imputes sin on another
is going to? When you judge others, where do you think you are going to? Have
you ever known of any person in this world who all the men and elements of the
universe wage war against but he does not revenge? He has no weapons to fight
against them, but he overcomes all his accusers. Members of secret
societies, cultural clubs and groups, all church denominations, the whites and
the blacks, dwellers in the forests and seas, all have declared war against him
but he is victorious over them. If you tell them that the Holy Father does not
use anything at all apart from the word of God, the whole world will tell you,
that you do not know him and that you are deceiving them. Before they came into
open conflict, they had already discovered that there was nothing they could do
in the Spiritual World. Before most of them put up physical appearance they had
already embarked on full scale investigation about the Brotherhood, and the
Sole Spiritual Head. Brother Assasu Inyang-Ibom and Dr. Aggarwal of India had,
for a long time been investigating Brotherhood and its Leader. They had
embarked on a war of destruction of the Leader and had failed. Since the world
has failed in its war against the father, it has finally resorted to calling
him Beelzebub, witchcraft, associated with mermaid. Their action, therefore,
tantamounts to calling a dog a bad name to hang it. Do you think that Dr.Aggarwal only
came to thank the Father? He came here to continue his spiritual warfare with
the Father. If you contend that he did not come for war, how is it that
Brotherhood does not make and sell talisman and rings but he brought these
things so that the people would say that the Leader's power came from the rings
and talisman from India? This was to make the world feel that the power of the
Leader is linked with India. When he came, I knew his intention but I received
him and embraced him and permitted him to sell his rings and talisman. The same
thing happened in the case of Brother Assasu Inyang-Ibom. When he
had fought a spiritual war with the Father and failed, he came to show himself
as a witness. I told him, I am Olumba Olumba Obu but he was going about
preaching that I am Christ. I preached to him quoting various passages from the
scripture for him, but he insisted that he was going to tell the whole world
that the Father had sent him to publish that to the world. I told him he cannot
speak on the platform of Brotherhood. He said he was going to witness on the
platform of his society - ESOM, and not as a Brotherhood member. What was his
intention in doing this? Are you aware that his sole intention of
telling the people that the Leader is Christ, was to incite the people to take
up arms against me? He had fought in the spirit world without success
and so he felt he would place it before the whole world to induce them to join
him in the physical war, in order to fulfill his intention.
In his first appearance, he came as a spy. He thought
his proclamation would scatter the members but before he came, the faith of
many members was implicitly established, and those who had no faith and thought
he was blaspheming by calling a human being Christ, had since withdrawn. His
real intention was to win the sympathies of those like him, to join him in this
physical war, since he had failed disastrously in the spiritual. Up till today
both of them are still fighting against me and Brotherhood. Most of the members
of the secret societies come here to scatter the members of the Brotherhood of
the Cross and Star, but none of them has been able to scatter the flock. As
soon as they come, I know their intention, yet I always receive, embrace and
care for them. I have never resisted any of them, because I want eternal life.
No person in the world would believe that the Leader
is a commoner, just as an ordinary human being. The secret of his power
is love. If you were to abide in this love you would have realized this
kingdom. It is not possible to find me at any place you may like to look for
me. It is only in love that you can see me. In your own case you could be found in the
premises of prostitutes, in every parlor (Bar) and at every corner. Brethren,
you will notice that many people of all walks of life, individually and
severally, have at one time or the other waged a secret war against
Brotherhood. A lot of them are now testifying in Brotherhood; and many more
testimonies of that type are still coming. It is my aim to fortify you and to
get you adorned and well balanced; but you want to continue to live in the
world of fear. You cast aspersion upon witchcraft, mermaid and demon but I tell
you that these things do not exist. They are imaginary.
Ephesians 6: 11-18:-Put
on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of
the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against
principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this
world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the
whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and
having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with
truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; And your feet shod with
the preparation of the gospel of peace; Above all, taking the shield of faith,
wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And
take the helmet of salvation, and sword of the Spirit, which is the word of
God: Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and
watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints.
Do you think that even here in Brotherhood, the
members who believe that it is only love that is used to accomplish everything
in Brotherhood do not number up to 50%? You doubt the power in Brotherhood,
that is why you want to know why the Leader does not release the power to every
member because we are all human beings in the world, and at night Satan will
come with its evil machinations. There is no other power except that which you
enslave yourself to. Right from now you have to tell the truth. Be not
fastidious, do not be angry. In short, refrain completely from sin. Those
who sin are slaves to sin and have no association with me. All I teach is that
you should tell the truth, be merciful, be patient, be benevolent, be not
malicious, do not quarrel with or abuse others. Always do what is good in the
eyes of God. You should emulate me because my qualities are peace, love, joy,
truth, meekness, righteousness and other godly virtues.
Do you really know that the wages of sin is death?
Is there any wisdom if you really know what is sinful but you deliberately
commit it, in spite of the fact that you still want eternal life? If you are
angry, you are worthy of death. If you hate, you are worthy of death. No
pleading is accepted; because you have entered the path of iniquity and its end
is death. Since I want everlasting life, I do not go to the path of
wickedness. You sometimes say that the Leader is annoyed. This is not
true because if I am angry I really want to die. I am therefore, always
joyous and happy. It was on 14th February 1942 that I declared, that
whoever was capable of making me exasperated, would be given a large amount of
money. Since then, no matter what people do I am not annoyed even if you want
to cut my throat, because I know that if I am angry I am worthy of death. Take
everything from me but give me Jesus Christ. No matter what people say
about me, that I am Beelzebub, that I drink blood, that I am caught in a net,
that I kill or steal, I cannot be exasperated because I know who is speaking, I
know the world, and that you are not serious. I know that you will be here
tomorrow and so I do not bother myself. I know that it is a strategy you employ
to incite and instigate the people for an insurrection, but I do not give you
the opportunity.
A bush rat asked a man who used a palm fruit to set
his trap on the ground whether palm fruits are usually ripe on the ground? What
about you? You are always angry, you quarrel, you bark, you slap, hush at
people, beat them with stick. Since your membership in Brotherhood,
when did you see me angry, when did you see me quarreling with somebody? You
are all my witnesses. When was I fastidious, when did I suspend any person? When
did I dismiss any person? I am a Teacher and Supernatural Professor;
and so I know how to handle you; because I want to lead you in the path of
truth. When I want to tame or break you in I have my own methodology. If
one method is not suitable for reforming you, I change my gear and use a
different method, until I make out of you, what I actually want. All my
exhortations are towards eternal life.
Brethren, what is the gain in telling lies? Go home,
sleep over this question, ponder over it, and then you will find out an answer.Whenever
you tell lies, you have sinned and the wages of sin is death. What is your
gain in tarnishing the reputation of your fellow man or assassinating his
character or defaming his name?
II Timothy 3: 13:-But
evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
That passage reveals to you the gain you have from
telling lies, fornicating, stealing or committing any sin. The article
published in the June issue of the Drum Magazine "who will carry the
Cross" has captured the attention of the whole world. People now ask
"if this man is still going on with this Brotherhood why should we not
continue? Who will get it at nought? Nobody. It has come to stay. No other
thing exists but Brotherhood. It is the only steady and stable organization.
Governments after governments are crumbling but Brotherhood continues to grow
from strength to strength. From 1960 till now the Government of this country
has changed hands five times; another change is forth-coming in 1983; but
Brotherhood is unchangeable, its spread and development are beyond description.
What is your gain in deceiving people? If you receive
by false pretenses, N1,000,000 from a person, he also will collect N2,000,000
from you, what is your gain? If you know that when you deceive someone, another
person will also deceive you, is there any wisdom in deceiving any
person? Pray as you like, fast as much as you may, do not forget that a
deceiver must be deceived. There is no luck in deceit. These things
are what I have already proved like Mathematics. The knowledge is
inborn in me. I do not read from a book; I knew this fact when I was not yet
five years old. There is no gain in stealing or hating; rather they work
evil for you. When you deceive, you cannot escape being deceived. The more you
deceive, the greater the incidence for others to deceive you. It will not stop,
your records will be spoilt.
Brotherhood will go very far by 1999, at that time you
will actually realize yourself that the foundation of Brotherhood is sure. This
explains the reason why people continue to research into it; to find the
origin. They will ever ask the question: "How did Brotherhood come
about?" Brotherhood has a sound foundation. Right now, if you are a rogue,
or a fornicator or a committer of any vice, you are floating, you are like a
reed shaken by the wind. Nobody will advise you not to steal because your
action clearly shows that you are obstinate in the face of all facts.
Brotherhood has a very solid and sound foundation. It is love, truth, patience,
mercy, humility, righteousness and all godly virtues. It is like a city set on
a hill and cannot be hid. No other thing can be found in it.
It is not an easy thing for anything to be built on
the solid foundation on which such a thing has never been built since the
beginning of the world. You have been lying from your youth and you continue.
You tell lies by telling people that you know the Leader, when even your
background is doubtful. But notice that in the Brotherhood, everything said or
done is verifiable, because it is nothing but the truth. Since I
started I have no connection with any person. I have no friend because I have
come for a purpose. I do not associate with any person or groups of people. I
do not belong to any group. I do not go to church. I do not go to mourning
houses or to hospital. I am here as somebody on business. I have come to do
something. I do not come to play. All that you do are deceit, roguery,
hatred and swindling. I have proved these but I bring love which leads
to eternal life. I am calling you to drink the water of life, but have
you accepted to drink the water? This solid foundation is to enable you live
eternally. All the wealth are for the truthful ones. If you are truthful, you
will not be poor, you will not be sick, you may not have any difficulties. All
these good things are set aside for the children of truth, they are not for
demons. Why do you feed a rogue? Do you want him to shoot you down with a gun?
What will an evil person do for you, but evil? Is there any sense in
associating with an evil person? He is like a dog, after feeding him, he bites
and tears at you. If you have one good, truthful person, he will save the whole
world. What good purpose does it serve, if you give scholarship to a rogue, do
you want him to learn more new tactics of stealing and deceit, so that when he
graduates, he uses his newly acquired knowledge to steal, deceive and encourage
others to follow suit?
Romans 2:1:-Therefore thou art
inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest
another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.
You sit down to judge others. Are you saved? You
contend that you do not fear any person, and so impute sins on others and even
declare openly that you do not like certain persons because they steal and tell
lies. Do you know that by your action, you have condemned yourself?
That is why I teach you not to find fault with any
person or impute sins on any person, not to utter evil communications against
anyone because whatever you do or say, stands as judgment against you. Having
known that it is sinful to steal or fornicate or commit any other vice, what is
the wisdom in your indulging in them? Are you a dog, licking what you vomit?
Every time you confess the same sins without making an effort to forsake them.
When will you be ashamed of your persisting in these vices?
Romans 2:9:-Tribulation and
anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of
the Gentile;
Notice that as soon as you are baptized into
Brotherhood, you are set free from all worldly encumbrances. That
is why you walk boldly and majestically without fear of anything; because the
world has seen his truth. But the trouble of the world is that once they
embrace Brotherhood their glory and kingship will be alienated from them. That
they will be stripped of their wealth and positions and so they determine to go
all out to wage war against it. That is why they try to confuse you when they
tell you that Brotherhood is Beelzebub, it is mermaid or devil and that you are
worshipping man. Is Pope or Bishop not a man? Is a soothsayer, a herbalist or a
necromancer not a man? What about all the elements they worship. The trees,
stores, and pieces of iron that they regard as their gods, are they not human
devices? Are the secret societies like Rosicrucian, Ogboni, Freemasonry, that
they so much love and adore, not headed by human beings? Their trouble is not
that you worship a man, but that you have been liberated from them, they are
overwhelmed with darkness; and are relegated to the background.
I do not say I am Christ or John or Moses, or Abraham
or even God, I am a man but I have brought down one thing and that is truth,
righteousness, love, humility, meekness, self control, mercy, joy. I do not
want praises from any persons. Any day you find me frowning my face, or being
fastidious; any day you find me telling lies, withdraw from Brotherhood and go
away. If you find me fornicating, curse me and depart. All that I preach to you
to forsake; any day you find me indulging in them, by all means, go away. I
shall continue in this love. I shall continue to demonstrate this love
practically to all mankind; to the whites and blacks; to the highly placed person
like king, queen, president, or governor; to the poor, the sick, the lepers,
the lame, the young and old alike, I do not respect or patronize or encourage
sin, I hate it. What you love is what you do. If you do not love sin why do you
commit it? If you hate sin you will not indulge in it. When you allege that I
love sinners, do I commit sin with you? Notice how I embrace you in spite of
your sins, but I have no connection with sin. But you fight with evil doers,
and show yourself as a lover of evil, because to impute sin is in itself
sinful. You claim you do not love sin but you abuse, quarrel and fight against
others. Can you use sin to reform a sinner? Is it not good that you employ
goodness to overcome evil? I bring good to you to enable me to reform
you.
Galatians 6:1:-Brethren, if a man
be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the
spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
When you beat with a stick a person caught stealing,
have you not committed a fault? As a man of God, what would you do on an
occasion of somebody stealing? Rather, call him; ask about his difficulties
which should lead him to steal? If he is suffering from unemployment, find a
job for him. Help him to overcome his shortcomings. The spirit of theft will
run away from him. For instance, a boy from Afaha who came into Brotherhood
some years ago was known by every person as a notorious rogue so much so that he
was disowned by his parents. I knew he did that for lack of employment and so I
handed him over to Pastor C.O. Akpan to find a job for him. He is now a very
changed fellow. He has absolutely turned over a new leaf for his life. There
are certain things which occur by accident, there are others which are learnt
and acquired and there are others which are hereditary or inborn or
deliberately done. That is why certain things are done with perfection due to
repeated practices; but when you sense some danger you will not need somebody
to advise you; you will refrain from doing it by your own volition. We always
speak of leadership. It is good to be a leader, but if you are not prepared to
be truthful, you are not worthy to be a leader. If I send you on an errand with
N100.00 and you use N50.00 for the purpose for which the money was meant to
serve, and embezzle N50.00, can you stay with me? You will dismiss yourself. I
shall not dismiss you. If now you deceive yourself to serve God by remaining
with me but you, at the same time, have an inclination to be intimate with
every woman you see, can you definitely remain with me? Would you not run away
as a result of murmuring from people against your action? Wherever a rotten
thing is found, flies will swarm around it. When I see the flies I have to send
you away because I shall know that you are rotten.
When any person complains that he is being hated, he
is reporting himself that he is evil, because there is never any smoke without
fire. Wherever the speaker is, the doer is found there with him. If you were to
walk uprightly, no person would have spoken against you, and no person would
have hated you. Who can keep a cooked food for long for another person? Never
you say that since you are with the Leader or in Brotherhood you should steal
and fornicate and I should cover you up. No. I have no business there. Even if
you are slapped or beaten with a stick I shall pass my own way. On the other
hand, if a fornicator or a thief is going about his trade and you go to interfere
with him, you have become entangled in that sin. The only panacea to your
illness, the only wealth I give you is that you should have no share in
sinfulness. If you have fellowship with sin, since I have no such fellowship,
we shall be operating on different wave-lengths.
Romans 6: 10-13:-
For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in
that he liveth, he liveth unto God. Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be
dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Let not
sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts
thereof. Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto
sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and
your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
Right from the day you were baptized and your sins
were washed away when your debt record was destroyed, you have no right to go
back to sin. Since you had denied every thing at your baptism, you should live
unto God, you should lead a life of righteousness, of truth, of love of
humility and of patience. This is not the Church denominations where you
continued to confess the same sins each time you appear before your Reverend,
so that he becomes angry and sends you to penance. Our Lord Jesus Christ died
once unto sin; and since then He has nothing to do with sin.
All those who continue in sin and wait to be changed
when Jesus will come back, I tell you they will never see Our Lord Jesus
Christ, because He is not a party to sin.
Read Hebrews 9: 27-28:-And
as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgement: So
Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for
him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
My Peace and Blessing remain with you now and forever
more. Amen.
REFERENCE: Bible Class Lecture Delivered By Spiritual
Head Of The Universe, Leader Olumba Olumba Obu on:-
"THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH."
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