This document contains a sermon discussing the crucifixion and rejection of Jesus Christ. It notes that the scriptures foretold Jesus would "suffer many things and be rejected of this generation." It describes how Jesus was rejected by the religious leaders of the time, who conspired to have him killed despite Pilate finding no fault in him. The sermon argues that today the churches who claim to know God are the ones conspiring against those still performing miracles in God's name, just as the Jewish leaders rejected Jesus for his miracles. It questions whether anyone truly believes in or follows Jesus.
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THE CROSS SIGNIFIES SUFFERINGS AND TRIBULATIONS
WHICH ONE HAS TO BEAR.
RESTORE YOUR BRETHREN TO THEIR PREVIOUS STATE
"Brethren, if a man be overtaken in fault, ye which are
spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness;
considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. "
( GALATIANS 6:1)
"Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest
he fall. " (I Corinthians 10:12)
Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may
be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come
from the presence of the Lord;
And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached
unto you:
Whom the heaven must receive until the times of
restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the
mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
Act 3:19-21
2. Act 3:13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob,
the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye
delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when
he was determined to let him go.
Act 3:14 But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and
desired a murderer to be granted unto you;
Act 3:15 And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised
from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
Act 3:16 And his name through faith in his name hath made
this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith
which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in
the presence of you all.
Act 3:17 And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye
did it, as did also your rulers.
Act 3:18 But those things, which God before had shewed by
the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he
hath so fulfilled.
Act 3:19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your
sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing
shall come from the presence of the Lord;
Act 3:20 And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was
preached unto you:
Act 3:21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of
restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the
mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
Act 3:22 For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet
shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren,
like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he
shall say unto you.
3. Act 3:23 And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which
will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among
the people.
4. THE CROSS SIGNIFIES SUFFERINGS AND TRIBULATIONS
WHICH ONE HAS TO BEAR.
BROTHERHOOD OF THE CROSS AND STAR IS GOD'S
KINGDOM. THE CROSS SIGNIFIES SUFFERINGS AND
TRIBULATIONS WHICH ONE HAS TO BEAR. But when we hob
around somebody in time of plenty only to desert that person
when riches are no longer there, then it tells on us that we
had our hearts and soul controlled by the man's wealth.
Every person does the same offence, the children, mother,
father and somebody deserts his friend and curses him
because he does not swim in wealth any longer. Others will
claim that nemesis has visited him, because he used his
money for drinking and frolicking with prostitutes. Are you
not the ones who caused his money to be exhausted? If we
were to submit ourselves to God and keep his injunctions,
and stand firm with whoever is sick or dead and live less
worried, realizing that there is no death, then you will be
free.
BY LEADER OLUMBA OLUMBA OBU
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LOOK UNTO THE CROSS WHICH IS THE WORD OF GOD.
We are now going to be fed with another word of God. LOOK
UNTO THE CROSS WHICH IS THE WORD OF GOD. OUR
SALVATION COMES FROM THIS CROSS. THE WORD IS
SALVATION AND GOOD HEALTH. THOSE WHO ARE
SLEEPING SHOULD WAKE UP AND THOSE WHO ARE
5. INVOLVED IN UNNECESSARY CONVERSATIONS SHOULD
DISCONTINUE FORTHWITH AND FIX THEIR GAZE AT THE
WORD OF GOD. LISTEN ATTENTIVELY TO THE WORD OF
TODAY BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO BE UNIQUE.
If you go to somebody's house and you find that cane is kept
somewhere in that house, know that there is an offender in
that house who is always caned. All the things you see in
the world come with their own temptations. If you find
somebody always talking realize that there is somebody who
excites him to be talking all the time. Also, if you find an
individual who is given so much to patience, the day he will
explode he will pull down the building. In the same vein,
whoever laughs and smile all the time, you will think he is an
easy going man, you have to beware, because the day he
frowns you will become scared of him.
BY LEADER OLUMBA OLUMBA OBU
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YOU PROFESS TO BE A MAN OF GOD; YOU ARE DILIGENT IN
THE SERVICE OF GOD; THAT IS SO BECAUSE YOU HAVE
GOT MONEY, YOU HAVE THREE SQUARE MEALS A DAY,
YOU WEAR WHATEVER YOU LIKE AND DRIVE IN YOUR CAR.
IN ADDITION, PEOPLE LOVE, RESPECT, AND OBEY YOU.
SUPPOSING ALL THESE THINGS ARE NO MORE THERE, AND
NOBODY LOVES AND RESPECTS YOU ANY LONGER,
BECAUSE YOU ARE ENSLAVED TO THESE THINGS, WILL
YOU CONTINUE TO SERVE GOD?
6. YOU WILL ALSO DISCOVER THAT SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE
LUSTED AFTER GOOD THINGS, WHEN THEY COME INTO
BROTHERHOOD THEY ARE GIVEN CLOTHES, FOOD AND
MONEY WHICH ARE BAITS. BENEFICIARIES OF SUCH
BENEVOLENCE CLAIM THAT BROTHERHOOD IS SO SWEET
AND ENJOYABLE; OTHERS AVOW THAT THEY WILL REMAIN
IN BROTHERHOOD FOREVER, BUT WHEN HIS NEEDS ARE
NO LONGER SUPPLIED HE WILL YELL OUT THAT NOBODY
LOVES HIM ANY LONGER AND HE WILL OPT OUT. OTHERS,
ARISING FROM DISCONTINUITY IN SUPPLY OF THEIR
NEEDS, CONCLUDE THAT THE TYPE OF LOVE THEY MET
WHEN THEY CAME INTO BROTHERHOOD INITIALLY IS NO
LONGER IN EXISTENCE, AND SOME MAINTAIN THAT IT HAS
DIED A NATURAL DEATH. BY SO DOING YOU HAVE FALLEN.
BY LEADER OLUMBA OLUMBA OBU
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IN BROTHERHOOD WHEREVER WE ARE GIVEN LAND, WE
HAVE TO BUILD HOUSES IN VILLAGES, TOWNS, AND
CITIES, AND EVEN ESTABLISH FIRMS AND OTHER
INSTITUTIONS SO THAT MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE AN
OCCUPATION WILL BE SENT THERE TO WORK.
YOUR TROUBLE IS THAT VERY MANY PEOPLE CANNOT
LIVE THERE, THAT SINCE THERE IS NO ELECTRICITY, PIPE
BORNE WATER, AND ALL OTHER AMENITIES AND LUXURIES
OF LIFE. THAT IS WHAT I HAVE COME TO DO. IF YOU HAVE
BEEN WEEPING LIKE AN ORPHAN, YOU HAVE TO
REARRANGE YOUR THINKING, FOR YOU HAVE PEOPLE.
7. YOU HAVE BROTHERS AND SISTERS ALL OVER THE
WORLD. WHEN YOU GO OUT AND SEE THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE YOU HAVE, YOU WILL BECOME VERY JOYOUS AND
WILL KNOW THAT NOTHING IS WRONG WITH YOU.
BY LEADER OLUMBA OLUMBA OBU
8. MEDIA OUTREACH:
Let our second lesson be read. I KNOW THE T.V. WILL
DIVIDE THIS GOSPEL INTO SECTIONS BECAUSE WHEN
THEY GET TO TOPICS WHICH CONVICT THEM HARD, THERE
HAS TO BE ELECTRICAL POWER FAILURE AND
SUBSEQUENT BREAK IN TRANSMISSION OF THE
BROADCAST. BUT IF IT IS A SATANIC PROGRAM, THEY
WILL SHOW IT TILL THE END WITHOUT ANY TRANSMISSION
INTERRUPTION.
SECOND BIBLE LESSON: LUKE 17: 25 But first must he
suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.
Whom was this written about? To whom does this prophecy
refer? It is said that first he must suffer many things and be
rejected of this generation; this generation must reject him.
Did they not say that it was Moses they knew? But as for
that man he was from the devil and no person should listen
to him. The whole world is shouting Jesus, Jesus, but did
they not reject Him? Did your fathers and mothers not reject
Him? Today who can show me one disciple of Our Lord
Jesus Christ? Who among you keeps His commandments?
Bring that person before me. When Lazarus was sick, his
sisters went and told Christ that the friend whom he loved
was sick. And he answered them and said: “This sickness is
not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of man
might be glorified.” And he went about his own business.
After about four days, He said to His disciples, “Our friend
9. Lazarus is asleep; let us go that I may awake him out of
sleep.” Then said the disciples, Lord if he sleeps, he shall
wake up. He then told them plainly that Lazarus had died;
nevertheless let us go and raise him. (John 11:14-15)
Peter was excited because that was the sort of thing he was
waiting to see. And they asked Him: “Master the Jews of
late sought to stone thee, and do you want to go there
again?(John 11:7-8) JESUS NEVER WENT OUT OPENLY TO
DECLARE HE WAS THE CHRIST. HE WENT IN THE COMPANY
OF HIS DISCIPLES, AND THEY ALL WORE THE SAME
GARMENTS SO THAT HE MAY NOT BE IDENTIFIED. WHEN
HE HEALED ANY SICK PERSON, HE WOULD WARN HIM NOT
TO TELL ANYONE. THAT IS THE REJECTED STONE. HE IS
THE ALMIGHTY GOD, THE KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF
LORDS WHO CAME TO SAVE YOU THIEVES AND SINNERS
BUT YOU REJECTED HIM. PUT YOURSELVES INTO FERVENT
PRAYERS. I do not want to go far into that but you know
what happened when He raised Lazarus from death. The
whole city was in an uproar. Then gathered the Chief Priest
and the Pharisees and said: “If we let this continue like this,
all men would believe in him: and the Romans shall come
and take away both our place and nation. Caiaphas stood up
as the high priest and said: Ye know nothing at all, nor
consider that it is expedient for us that one man should die
for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.”
Because he raised Lazarus and healed the sick, the blind,
the lame and the deaf, because he cleansed lepers, fed the
poor and did every good thing, they said that He must die.
10. CAN YOU SEE HOW THE WORLD THANKED GOD FOR
COMING TO SAVE THEM? HE WOULD FIRST SUFFER MANY
THINGS AND BE REJECTED OF THIS GENERATION AND
THAT WAS EXACTLY THE SITUATION WITH HIM. IT WAS
NOT THE GOVERNMENT THAT KILLED OUR LORD JESUS
CHRIST. IT WAS NOT THE JUJU PRIESTS WHO CLAIMED TO
KNOW THE REAL GOD BETTER THAN ALL OTHERS. IT WAS
NOT THE ROMANS WHO KILLED HIM; THAT WAS WHY
PILATE ASKED HIM: “AM I A JEW? WAS IT NOT YOUR OWN
PEOPLE WHO BROUGHT YOU HERE? WHAT HAVE YOU
DONE?” TODAY THE SAME THING IS HAPPENING: THE
CHURCHES WHO CLAIM TO KNOW GOD BETTER ARE THOSE
WHO ARE CONSPIRING AND ASKING WHAT THEY ARE TO
DO WITH THIS MAN BECAUSE HE IS STILL PERFORMING
WONDERS. WHEN PILATE HAD EXAMINED HIM, HE COULD FI
ND NO FAULT IN HIM.
Barabbas was a murderer and at every festival a criminal
had to be freed. Pilate asked which of the two he should
release unto them, Barabbas or Jesus? They answered that
he should release Barabbas to them and crucify Jesus. They
sought for the release of Barabbas even though every person
knew that he was a murderer, a thief, and an evil doer; they
demanded that Jesus should be killed. And Pilate asked
them: What has He done? But they said crucify him. Can you
see that? It is said that first he must suffer many things and
this generation will reject Him. BECAUSE OF GIVING SIGHT
TO THE BLIND AND HEALING THE SICK, THE CHIEF PRIEST
AND THE PHARISEES, THOSE WHO CLAIMED THEY HAD
11. SEEN GOD FACE TO FACE, SAID THEY KNEW ABRAHAM AND
MOSES AND NOT JESUS. THOSE WERE THE PEOPLE WHO
SAID THAT HE SHOULD BE CRUCIFIED BECAUSE HE WAS A
SINNER.
THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT MAKE TROUBLE, THEY SEEK
PEACE. RIGHT FROM TIME IMMEMORIAL THE PEOPLE WHO
WAGED WAR AGAINST GOD ARE THOSE WHO PROFESS TO
KNOW HIM. AND SO IT WAS WITH OUR LORD JESUS
CHRIST. PILATE TRIED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO RELEASE
HIM BUT THE JEWS INSISTED ON HAVING HIM KILLED.
PILATE SET UP OVER HIS HEAD HIS ACCUSATION
WRITTEN: THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS. THEN
SAID THE CHIEF PRIEST OF THE JEWS TO PILATE, WRITE
NOT THE KING OF THE JEWS, BUT THAT HE SAID I AM KING
OF THE JEWS. PILATE ANSWERED AND SAID, “WHAT I HAVE
WRITTEN, I HAVE WRITTEN.”
Brethren, have you assessed the situation properly. That is
why he said, “Why do you call me Lord, Lord but you do not
the things I command you?” He knew that there was not one
single person who believed in Him. The work of God is not
subject to any person’s decision. It is either you shoot the
gun and split the barrel rather than lose the prey. There was
not one person who believed in Our Lord Jesus Christ. If
there is such a person, mention him. If you want to mention
Peter, I will remind you that he was the first person to deny
Our Lord Jesus Christ.
BY:
12. LEADER OLUMBA OLUMBA OBU
THE SUPERNATURAL TEACHER, AND
SOLE SPIRITUAL HEAD OF THE UNIVERSE
BROTHERHOOD OF THE CROSS AND STAR
Excerpt from the gospel: THE CRUCIFIXION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.
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LOOK UNTO THE CROSS WHICH IS THE WORD OF GOD.
We are now going to be fed with another word of
God. LOOK UNTO THE CROSS WHICH IS THE WORD
OF GOD. OUR SALVATION COMES FROM THIS
CROSS. THE WORD IS SALVATION AND GOOD
HEALTH. THOSE WHO ARE SLEEPING SHOULD
WAKE UP AND THOSE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN
UNNECESSARY CONVERSATIONS SHOULD
DISCONTINUE FORTHWITH AND FIX THEIR GAZE AT
THE WORD OF GOD. LISTEN ATTENTIVELY TO THE
WORD OF TODAY BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO BE
UNIQUE.
If you go to somebody's house and you find that cane
is kept somewhere in that house, know that there is
an offender in that house who is always caned. All
the things you see in the world come with their own
temptations. If you find somebody always talking
realize that there is somebody who excites him to be
13. talking all the time. Also, if you find an individual
who is given so much to patience, the day he will
explode he will pull down the building. In the same
vein, whoever laughs and smile all the time, you will
think he is an easy going man, you have to beware,
because the day he frowns you will become scared
of him.
At times you call somebody to come and drink with
you, but he gives you an excuse that since he was
born he had never tasted drink, but for the sake of
what he knows best he says: let me take a little bit
of it. And he will taste a little of the wine but
instantaneously, changed his countenance on the
grounds that it does not taste good. He will ask
whether that is what you people have been drinking;
and will conclude "I can never take that thing, you
are very strong to drink that!" The process of tasting
the wine will continue unceasingly for many days.
The man may be tempted to taste the wine a second
day, a third day, and on the fourth day he will still
taste a little bit of it and as he tastes the wine his
taste increases to such a climax that he can
consume a whole container of wine which you, who
invited him cannot drink.
14. I have told you continuously that the wares that I
have brought I am yet to open my bag. The only
requirement I want from you today is that you should
lend me your ears. I want you to listen attentively; I
want you to fix your gaze at me and break the walls
of your heart and receive the gospel of this day. I
sincerely implore that nobody should disturb today.
There is a local adage which says: "where a weeping
child points at if you look at that direction, if the
father is not there, the mother will be there." And
whenever a little child cries if you observe closely
you will discover that the child is afflicted one way
or the other; or he is hungry, or the child is thirsty or
looks for the mother or something else. There is no
child who cries without a cause.
GOD MADE THIS COVENANT — HOLY BIBLE, WHICH
CONTAINS HIS WORDS, SO THAT IT COULD BE USED
TO GROOM US SO THAT WE WILL NOT PERISH. YOU
HAVE HEARD WHAT OUR FIRST LESSON SAYS:
"WHEREFORE LET HIM THAT THINKETH HE
STANDETH TAKE HEED LEST HE FALL," whoever
thinks he stands should take heed lest he will fall. It
could be light and unimportant as you have heard,
but should I expatiate on that statement it will take
15. us years to finish. That explains why you cannot find
a man of God that will not forsake God either in life
or death. But to such a person, at the sight of a
minute temptation he becomes weak and unable to
offer prayers, cannot sing, and discourages others
from singing too. Did the Father not warn you that
"whoever thinketh he standeth should take heed lest
he fall." WHEN THE WORD OF GOD FALLS ON THE
GROUND IT BREAKS MIGHTY ROCKS AND ON
GETTING UP ACCOMPLISHES THE WILL OF GOD.
WHEN YOU HEAR ONE ASPECT OF THE WORD OF
GOD, INVESTIGATE IT PROPERLY, PRAY FERVENTLY
FOR THE FATHER TO REVEAL SAME TO YOU, ELSE,
IF YOU TAKE IT LESS IMPORTANT, YOU WILL HAVE
YOURSELF TO BLAME.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE ENTIRE WORLD, MANKIND
DOES NOT TAKE ANYTHING SERIOUSLY. AND
BECAUSE MANKIND DOES NOT TAKE ANYTHING
SERIOUSLY, HE DOES NOT ALSO GIVE REGARD TO
HIS FELLOW MAN, AND THAT ACCOUNTS FOR
MAN'S DEMORALIZING POSITION NOW.
BE NOT CONTROLLED BY TRANSIENT THINGS:
You have heard what our second lesson says:
"Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which
16. are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of
meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be
tempted." That is the tap root of the downfall of
many people in the world. The golden text is more
wonderful than the first and the second lessons. It
says: "All things are lawful unto me, but all things
are not expedient." You should not be ruled or
controlled by anything. Every food is delicious; every
song is melodious, and every dance is dexterous in
the eyes of the beholders but do not allow these
things to get control over you. If you allow yourself
to be ruled by these things it means you have failed.
That is why you are asked to be moderate in
everything you want to do. Ask yourself this question
and search yourself. Are you not controlled by
anger? If you ask somebody what rules over him he
will conclude that he is always impatient and easily
given to anger. Are you not controlled by falsehood?
For one minute if you do not tell lies you are
uncomfortable. Are you not also controlled by food?
At times, you argue that you cannot fast for even one
minute nor can you stay for some hours without food,
when you complain in this manner, don't you
consider yourself being controlled by food? Are you
not controlled by fish and meat? Are you not also
17. controlled by the spirit of backbiting and despising
others? If you stay without these atrocious behaviors
you cannot sleep. WHAT ABOUT WILES? EVERY
PERSON IN THE WORLD IS TRICKISH; THERE IS NO
STRAIGHT-FORWARD PERSON IN THE WORLD. THE
BLACKS AND THE WHITES HAVE BECOME
TRICKSTERS. IS THE ENTIRE WORLD NOT
CONTROLLED BY SINS? THAT IS WHY IT IS SAID,
ALL THINGS ARE GOOD BUT NOT EVERYTHING IS
EXPEDIENT TO DO.
If you do not take heed, there is abundance of drinks
of assorted colors and tastes; abundance of all types
of food; which you will drink and eat and meet your
Waterloo. Even now, you indulge in medication,
tablets, injections and syrup. There are so many
persons who are drug addicts. Others cannot stay for
one day without swallowing tablets or being injected
in one form or another. Don't you realize that you are
so used to all things and you have given yourself to
them to control. There are also those who complain
that they can't walk barefooted, that they have to
put on shoes before they can go on a walk; were you
born with all these shoes and slippers? Realize that
God arranges His things accordingly. He has made
18. the rain to fall and the sun to shine. If there is too
much of rain there will be deluge and epidemic
everywhere in the world. Also, if there is sunshine so
much that there is no water, many people, including
crops and plants will die. The same case is
applicable to harmattan. If you have a violent kind of
harmattan it will start to kill people. If we have only
"Day" in existence, there will be this problem of
pandemic death. God Himself has the power to
cause the rain to fall until there is a deluge. As it
happened during the days of Noah, the rains fell until
the entire generation was exterminated, except
Noah and his family. That was excessive indeed and
such was not good for mankind. That is why you are
warned not to allow anything to rule over you.
Anything you do excessively is sin unto you. This
explains why God has time for rain, there is time for
sunshine, there is time for day and there is time for
night. All these times and seasons are arranged in
their order, because you are advised not to allow
anything to rule over you. And that example, God has
set by doing things accordingly. As a human being if
you laugh too much it becomes disease unto you. If
you drink too much it becomes a sin unto you. That
which is called "fornication", what do you think it is?
19. It is that lust for all things. Even the food you eat can
be to you a disease if you sit down to consume at
one meal a "mountain" of foofoo. If you eat like that
it becomes a sin unto you. Water is necessary and is
good to the body, but excess of water becomes a
disease unto you. It is hygienic for you to have your
bath but excess of it becomes a sin to you since you
chose to bathe every minute and you will become
controlled by water. And the golden text has rightly
said: "...but I will not be brought under the power of
any of these things." But your problem today is that
you have allowed yourself to be controlled by all
these lusts. Don't you know that to anything you
surrender yourself unto you are a slave? Whether it
is sin which leads unto death, or righteousness
which leads unto life eternal.
BY LEADER OLUMBA OLUMBA OBU
THE SOLE SPIRITUAL HEAD OF THE UNIVERSE
BROTHERHOOD OF THE CROSS AND STAR.
Excerpt from: MODERATE YOUR LIFESTYLE
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TAKE HEED
First Lesson: I Corinthians 10:12
20. "Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take
heed lest he fall. "
TAKE HEED:
If you allow anything to rule over you, you will fall
and you have fallen already. It is advised that nobody
should be angry, or fight, or make noise, or quarrel.
But eventually there is a power failure here at night,
and surprisingly you begin to whistle, sigh, and make
noise. By so doing have you not fallen? Are you not
troubled at heart? You will start to run helter skelter
to find lanterns or look for torch light, others will
query why there is a power failure at all, or why the
plant operator has not acted promptly? But I will still
remain at my corner unperturbed. Did I come into the
world with light? You will also realize that any day
you come in here and there is nobody to play the
organ you will become disturbed. You ask to know
the whereabouts of the organist or why the organ is
not operated so that the songs in this place will be
controlled? You will be so disturbed that you will find
it uneasy to cope without the organ being operated.
But I am not bothered whether it is there for twenty
years and nobody operates it, because I did not
come with it. Whether it is operated or not we are
always going forward. But you have given yourself so
much to the organ that any day it is not operated you
21. are ready to fight and kill. Do all things moderately.
Be moderate in your undertaking. It is good for one
to drink. But when you want to drink or eat,
take a little quantity of water and food. If you have
no food the next day, control and adjust your
stomach so that you may not be troubled. But now
you are troubled at heart when you have been told
already not to be troubled. This is eminent because
you allow food and water to dominate your life.
If somebody went to the church with an intention
that when he abstains from stealing, fornication,
drinking and eating of meat he will have money, wife
and children; and yet having abstained from these
things he does not possess all that he wanted, do
you think such a person will go to the church any
longer? That is why sometimes you find somebody
who decried meat and fish going back to eat them.
By so doing he has failed. He will console himself
that since those things — children, money and wife,
are not forthcoming, he should go back to his old
system, eating of meat and fish.
At times you find somebody being regular in the
church for quite a long time but after sometime you
find him with diabolical things all over his body
preparing juju and charms. Why has he done that? He
actually surrendered himself to one of these
22. tendencies which flopped him, and because of that
he derailed from the path of righteousness.
Upon the numerous women that replete the
world, for your wife to divorce you, you start to
cause trouble and cannot even eat. With your
luxurious cars and wealth you cannot endure that
situation. Why is it so? It is because you have
surrendered yourself to be ruled over by that woman.
Upon all the women around you, don't you see them?
Why then are you worried and peculiar about your
wife? For your husband to divorce you, you become
sick as lean as a result of not eating food because
your husband has decided to divorce you? What
should cause you to look so frustrated and desolate?
What about these numerous men around you? It is
because you have lusted for that particular man and
that is your problem. Is that not what has kept you in
the position you find yourself? Is that not what kills
you? Then you begin to recount — I am always given
up to anger and valor. Realize that whoever allows
himself to be ruled over by anything is an easily
angered human being, is a wicked man, a murderer,
a thief and the same is Satan. Sometime you give
alms to a beggar and, expecting him to greet you or
to appreciate your benevolence to him, but
surprisingly he casts stones at you and curse you.
Only that behavior of the beggar will force you to
think otherwise. By so doing, I ask, have you not
23. fallen? You thought initially when you gave the
beggar alms that he will kowtow and praise you with
endless thanks but eventually he surprises you. You
may also give somebody money with a motive of
sending him on errand but as soon as you call on him
he yells out an excuse. Will you, at such an instance,
not be troubled? To you, it will seem you are tricked.
You will even regret having given him money at all.
Take heed, lest you fall. Have you not heard what our
Lord Jesus Christ says: "that whoever looks at a
woman lustfully has, in his heart committed
fornication with her." It is further said that whoever
covets his neighbor's property has stolen it, and
therefore he is a thief. The bible enjoins that you
should not covet thy neighbor's property. But if you
do that you have offended, and you are worthy of
death.
Your salvation lies in this gospel. The gospel of
today is a powerful type of gospel. Have you not
seen the degree of deaths, hatred, and sins in the
world? The fact is that you have allowed yourself to
be ruled over by the things of this world, if you go out
from this hall, if you don't find a taxi cab you can't go
to 26 Mbukpa, because you are used to plying this
distance with vehicle. Man is like a fowl. And
wherever you keep the fowl it starts to find its food
there. That is the type of life you should live. If you
24. don't give yourself to be ruled over by anybody or
thing you will live a problem-free life; you will not be
angry, tell lies, nor covet another's property: and you
will dwell with the Father.
If God were to be confident in man or surrendered
Himself to him, do you think He would have made the
sun to shine upon the roof of every person, and will
he send rain upon the just and the unjust? As long as
you surrender yourself to a particular thing it means
you are lost and there is no salvation for you
because you have perished already. Whether money,
man, life, good health, don't plunge your heart in
them but have your hope on God, repose your
confidence in Him, trust Him and surrender yourself
to Him and you shall be free. But don't dare
surrender yourself to the things of this earth else,
you have committed sin.
BY LEADER OLUMBA OLUMBA OBU
THE SOLE SPIRITUAL HEAD OF THE UNIVERSE
BROTHERHOOD OF THE CROSS AND STAR.
Excerpt from: MODERATE YOUR LIFESTYLE
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WHY IS BCS SO MUCH LOVED BY GOD?
25. When there was no electricity, bush lantern and
locally made lights were used. Now electricity has
taken over other forms of light or energy. The same
applies to the Holy Spirit. HE HAS COME TO BRING
TO NOUGHT EVERY KNOWLDGE. THERE IS
NOTHING THE HOLY SPIRIT IS NOT CAPABLE OF
DOING. He can cause a mansion to spring up in the
swamp or a stream to spring up in the desert. The
Holy spirit is the Father, the mother, child, friend,
wife, husband, friend, food, clothes, and everything
to every man. HE IS ALSO GOD, SON OF GOD AND
MAN.
When Brotherhood was established in Zaria and
Sapele, the Bethels were accommodated in thatch
houses. During the religious riots in the North, the
Zaria bethel was razed. The government
compensation that was paid to Brotherhood
consequent upon the incident was used to erect a
Cathedral. The same thing happened in Sapele. If by
destruction of thatched Bethels, Cathedrals have
come about, what was the evil about that act, and
what did we lose? He cares for us. ALL THAT WE
HAVE TO DO IS TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER. All things
have been made anew. No hades, no problems.
26. Those who were in the other planets have assembled
here on earth to listen to the word of God. This is a
secret I am revealing to you.
When Professor Assasu Inyang Ibom was
searching for the Father, he visited mountain tops,
forests, sun, moon, and stars. In all the planets he
went to, he was surprised to find the children of God
arrayed in white. This is what surprises the world
and confuses them too. The world sees Brotherhood
as one of the highest and dreaded secret societies.
All those who claim to be masters and sages fear
Brotherhood members. The problems of the people
of the world stem from their refusal to denounce
their old ways of life and fetish things which they are
holding unto. But because of God's love, He will
change His children unto Himself.
BY LEADER OLUMBA OLUMBA OBU
THE SUPERNATURAL TEACHER, AND
SOLE SPIRITUAL HEAD OF THE UNIVERSE
BROTHERHOOD OF THE CROSS AND STAR
Excerpt from the gospel: THE WORD OF GOD GIVES SALVATION TO THE HEARERS
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27. THE NEW JERUSALEM
SECOND BIBLE LESSON: REVELATION:21:1-2
And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the
first heaven and the first earth were passed away
and there was no more sea. And I John saw the Holy
city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of
heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
THE NEW JERUSALEM:
All along men have been reading the above
passage without understanding the meaning. I am a
living witness to the word of God. BROTHERHOOD
OF THE CROSS AND STAR IS THE NEW JERUSALEM
WHERE THERE ARE NO PAINS, NO TEARS, NO
PROBLEM. The creation of division results in death.
Do not seek to live the way Abraham, Moses, and the
rest of the prophets did. Do not even seek to live
like the whites. NO WORLDLY KNOWLEDGE OR
TRADITION IS PERMITTED IN THIS KINGDOM. THE
ONLY TRADITION THAT IS PERMITTED IN THIS
KINGDOM IS LOVE.
When there was no electricity, bush lantern and
locally made lights were used. Now electricity has
28. taken over other forms of light or energy. The same
applies to the Holy Spirit. HE HAS COME TO BRING
TO NOUGHT EVERY KNOWLDGE. THERE IS
NOTHING THE HOLY SPIRIT IS NOT CAPABLE OF
DOING. He can cause a mansion to spring up in the
swamp or a stream to spring up in the desert. The
Holy spirit is the Father, the mother, child, friend,
wife, husband, friend, food, clothes, and everything
to every man. HE IS ALSO GOD, SON OF GOD AND
MAN.
When Brotherhood was established in Zaria and
Sapele, the Bethels were accommodated in thatch
houses. During the religious riots in the North, the
Zaria bethel was razed. The government
compensation that was paid to Brotherhood
consequent upon the incident was used to erect a
Cathedral. The same thing happened in Sapele. If by
destruction of thatched Bethels, Cathedrals have
come about, what was the evil about that act, and
what did we lose? He cares for us. ALL THAT WE
HAVE TO DO IS TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER. All things
have been made anew. No hades, no problems.
Those who were in the other planets have assembled
29. here on earth to listen to the word of God. This is a
secret I am revealing to you.
When Professor Assasu Inyang Ibom was
searching for the Father, he visited mountain tops,
forests, sun, moon, and stars. In all the planets he
went to, he was surprised to find the children of God
arrayed in white. This is what surprises the world
and confuses them too. The world sees Brotherhood
as one of the highest and dreaded secret societies.
All those who claim to be masters and sages fear
Brotherhood members. The problems of the people
of the world stem from their refusal to denounce
their old ways of life and fetish things which they are
holding unto. But because of God's love, He will
change His children unto Himself.
The medical doctors, indeed, your friends
persuade you to go to the hospital for treatment, or
report cases of discomfort promptly to physicians for
treatments. They speak favorably about the
application of medication, and they assert that
negligence is the cause of the high mortality rate.
My request is, those who die in the hospital and on
the laps of physicians, what has killed them? Even
the doctors themselves should not die if medicine
30. gives life. The Lord has said that anyone who seeks
his life will lose it, but he who surrenders his life for
the Lord's sake and for the sake of the gospel shall
have it. THOSE WHO DRINK NO MEDICINE OR TAKE
ANY INJECTION OR ROB ANY CREAM ON THEIR
BODIES SHALL HAVE ETERNAL LIFE.
The Holy Spirit has come as the New Heaven and the
New Earth. He permeates all the facets of the earth.
No one should complain about the lack of anything,
whether child, money, food, spouse or anything. He
is everything for man. He is sufficient for every man.
He is in your house, office, bethel, and everywhere.
It is said the testimony of Our Lord Jesus Christ are
the words of prophecy. ALL HIS WORD SHALL COME
TO PASS, THOSE THAT ARE NOT YET FULFILLED
SHALL COME TO PASS IN THEIR DUE TIME.
BY LEADER OLUMBA OLUMBA OBU
THE SOLE SPIRITUAL HEAD OF THE UNIVERSE
BROTHERHOOD OF THE CROSS AND STAR.
Excerpt from: MODERATE YOUR LIFESTYLE
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31. HOPE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT:
THE HOLY SPIRIT IS THE SOURCE OF TRUTH,
PEACE, LOVE, PROSPERITY. HE IS THE GOD YOU
KNEEL AND BOW UNTO. HE IS THE SOURCE OF
PEACE AND ALL GOODNESS. WE SHOULD
THEREFORE THANK GOD IMMENSELY BECAUSE HE
HAS COME AS HE PROMISED, THAT THIS
GENERATION SHALL NOT PASS AWAY UNTIL ALL
THINGS HAVE BEEN CONSUMMATED. LET ALL
YOUR HOPE BE IN HOLY SPIRIT. CALL UPON HIS
NAME FREQUENTLY, FOR HE WAS APPOINTED TO
LEAD. REVEAL HIM TO THE WHITES AND THE
BLACKS, YOUNG AND OLD, BOND AND FREE. TELL
THEM HE IS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR
EVERYTHING. OUR DUTY IS TO RECEIVE AND HAIL
HIM.
Many of the members ascribe His power and wisdom
to themselves because of their selfish interests. Not
too long ago a ship got stuck in the middle of the
middle of the ocean. The ship's crew tried all they
could but the ship could not be rescued. Finally, a
Brotherhood member who heard about the situation
went there with holy oil and prayed, and the ship
was rescued. However it has not occurred to the
32. beneficiaries to come here and thank the Holy Father
for even one day. If they are faced with a similar
problem again, will they remember to run to the
Father for help? THERE IS NOTHING GOD CANNOT
DO. The Holy Father can change a letter of
termination to that of promotion. If you are asked of
the wonderful work and power in this kingdom, tell
such a person that the Holy Spirit is responsible.
Read the Golden Text.
BY LEADER OLUMBA OLUMBA OBU
THE SOLE SPIRITUAL HEAD
BROTHERHOOD OF THE CROSS AND STAR
EXCERPT FROM THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL:
THE HOLY SPIRIT IN AFRICA
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THE WORK OF UNITY
UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL:
FIRST JOHN 4:21:
"And this commandment we have from him, that he
who loveth God love his brother also."
Have you heard what is read to you? You always say
that God knows your heart. He does not know. If you
do not love your brother, sister, or neighbor, you do
not belong to this kingdom. It is only here that you
33. have to be one. Where ever you go now to settle, be
it Aba, Port Harcourt, Lagos, Uyo or anywhere at all,
you are given land to build your house, live there
with the people peacefully, without division. You are
all one, be it in America, India, or anywhere else.
Black or white or colored, we are one and the same
people. Look at the sister sitting there, she comes
from London. Everywhere people are shouting: "we
are brothers." In Ghana, Ivory Coast, Britain, Nigeria
and everywhere. And so you should not continue to
complain that you have no father, mother, brother, or
sister or children. What we are doing here is not
raising the dead, giving visions, but to see about
uniting every person in the world together- to bring
them into that one and indivisible whole.
Your attention is drawn to a situation at Ikot Itie
Idung, where all the churches are now united. They
have united together. We are working towards
uniting all the Churches together. What is the sense
in causing divisions? Right now all the thieves have
teamed up to form a union, the prostitutes have done
the same thing, and the rest of the people. Tell Me
the difference between a thief, prostitute, murderer,
fornicator, swindler or what have you? They are all
human being. Tell me the reason why you should not
34. come together? Apostle Essien from Ndon Ebom
came the other day and said that all the churches in
that community want to hold a thanksgiving service
on the twelfth day of the month to make peace. In
the past, there have been troubles in that
community, and now all of them want to come
together and co-operate. Individually, whether you
have money, wisdom, children, it is not My concern.
When you come together, everything is bound into
one, there will be peace, love, wealth, knowledge,
power, co-operation-there will be everything and
nothing will be lacking. RIGHT NOW IF THERE IS
ANY PERSON EXISTING IN ANY PART OF THIS
WORLD WHO SAYS HE DOES NOT REVERENCE
BROTHERHOOD, THAT PERSON IS TELLING A LIE.
Many people would watch when you say you have no
body to help you- no sister, no brother, or no
relatives, they would jump on you and do what they
like. But when they discover that you have many
relatives, no person will come to you. When they look
at you, they will say this man calls every person
brother, sister, and here they will fear you and say all
these people are your brothers and sisters. And they
will warn other persons not to go there so as not to
be consumed.
35. A LEOPARD OR A TIGER CAN DO WHATEVER IT
LIKES WITH A SINGLE COW, BUT IF THERE IS A
CONGREGATION OF SEVERAL HERDS OF COWS, THE
LEOPARD WILL HIDE SOMEWHERE AND WATCH THE
COWS BECAUSE IT CANNOT AFFORD TO DEVOUR
ANY ONE COW WITH SUCH A LARGE NUMBER OF
COWS LOOKING ON. AND SO WHEN THE LEOPARD
DISCOVERS THAT IT CANNOT DO ANYTHING, WITH
ALL THE COWS AROUND, IT WOULD GO TO ONE OF
COWS AND ASK HIM WHAT HE IS SITTING DOWN
THERE FOR? WHY NOT GO AND TAKE FRESH AIR
AND ENJOY YOURSELF WITH FOOD SOMEWHERE
OUT THERE, FOR THERE IS NO NEED SITTING DOWN
HERE. IT WILL GO ROUND AND SAY THE SAME
THING TO THE REST OF THE COWS AND WHEN IT
SUCCEEDS IN DISPERSING THEM INTO DIFFERENT
DIRECTIONS, IT WILL HAVE THE CHANCE OF
KILLING ALL OF THEM.
RIGHT NOW IF YOU GO TO ANY PLACE, PEOPLE
WILL BE WATCHING YOU TO SEE IF YOU ARE ALONE
OR NOT. AS THEY GO UP THEY WILL SEE ANOTHER
GROUP OF PEOPLE COMING AND CONVERSING.
THEY WILL WALK DOWN AND STILL SEE ONE, TWO,
THREE, OR MORE PEOPLE COMING, THEN THEY
36. WILL BE SO DISCOURAGED FROM DOING ANYTHING
TO YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE SO MANY, AND IF THEY
TAMPER WITH ANY OF YOU, THEY WILL DESTROY
HIM. THE PERSON HAS TO ALLOW THEM TO PASS.
BUT IF YOU WALK ALONE, THE PEOPLE PLOTTING
AGAINST YOU WILL BE WATCHING YOU, AND THEY
WILL BE MOVING UP AND DOWN THE ROAD TO SEE
IF THERE ARE SOME OTHER PERSONS
ACCOMPANYING YOU. IF THEY FIND THAT THERE
ARE NO OTHER PERSON, THEY WILL JUMP ON YOU,
CUT YOUR THROAT, AND DO ALL SORTS OF
THINGS. YOU DO NOT HAVE ANY OTHER PEOPLE TO
HELP YOU EXCEPT MEMBERS OF BROTHERHOOD OF
THE CROSS AND STAR.
A pastor at Port Harcourt did not attach himself to
his people and the laws of the land, but instead he
attached himself to Brotherhood of the Cross and
Star. Now that he is dead, his people say they have
nothing to do with him, that he was not with them.
THAT IS THE CHALLENGE TO BROTHERHOOD AND
EVERY HAND MUST BE ON DECK TO SEE THAT WE
ALL GO THERE TO MEET THAT CHALLENGE. AND SO
YOU SEE THAT NO VILLAGE, COMMUNITY, TOWN,
COUNTRY OR GOVERNMENT CAN WITHSTAND
37. BROTHERHOOD. SHOULD BROTHERHOOD VOICE
OUT THEY WILL RUN AWAY AND GO INTO HIDING.
When you begin to make the pronouncement that you
have nobody, and that you are alone in the world,
that is instrumental to your situations and positions
in life. You will not have anybody to assist you in life
if you continue to say these things. You will be poor,
will be sick and shall finally die. BUT ONCE YOU
CONTINUE TO BELIEVE THAT BROTHERHOOD WILL
ALWAYS BE AT YOUR SIDE, SURELY IT WILL BE.
GOD IS THE GOD OF MULTITUDE. THEREFORE,
EVERY PERSON IS YOUR BROTHER. IF YOU SAY
THAT EVERY MAN IS YOUR BROTHER, EVERY
WOMAN IS YOUR SISTER, YOU WILL HAVE POWER
AND NOTHING WILL INFLUENCE YOU.
IN BROTHERHOOD WHEREVER WE ARE GIVEN
LAND, WE HAVE TO BUILD HOUSES IN VILLAGES,
TOWNS, AND CITIES, AND EVEN ESTABLISH FIRMS
AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS SO THAT MANY PEOPLE
WHO HAVE AN OCCUPATION WILL BE SENT THERE
TO WORK.
YOUR TROUBLE IS THAT VERY MANY PEOPLE
CANNOT LIVE THERE, THAT SINCE THERE IS NO
ELECTRICITY, PIPE BORNE WATER, AND ALL OTHER
AMENITIES AND LUXURIES OF LIFE. THAT IS WHAT I
38. HAVE COME TO DO. IF YOU HAVE BEEN WEEPING
LIKE AN ORPHAN, YOU HAVE TO REARRANGE YOUR
THINKING, FOR YOU HAVE PEOPLE. YOU HAVE
BROTHERS AND SISTERS ALL OVER THE WORLD.
WHEN YOU GO OUT AND SEE THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE YOU HAVE, YOU WILL BECOME VERY
JOYOUS AND WILL KNOW THAT NOTHING IS
WRONG WITH YOU.
RIGHT NOW THE WHOLE WORLD IS FILLED WITH
BROTHERHOOD CHILDREN. EVERY PERSON YOU
SEE OUTSIDE WILL BE WEARING WHITE, EVEN
THOSE WHO DO NOT COME TO BROTHERHOOD
PURPOSELY GO AND SEW THEIR WHITES AND PUT
ON AND CALL YOU BROTHER OR SISTER. GO TO
GHANA, LIBERIA, LONDON, AND EVERYWHERE IN
THE WORLD, YOU WILL SEE PEOPLE WITH WHITE.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE WORLD HAS
FORGOTTEN?
When Dr. Azikiwe was to form a political party, he
went round and gathered all thieves, truck-pushers,
and the rest of the lowly placed people to form the
N.C.N.C. But Chief Awolowo said that he wants to
form a political party of decent men, of doctors,
lawyers, millionaires, and educated people, that was
39. Action Group and fan themselves that the N.C.N.C.
cannot cope with them. They forgot that the thieves,
truck pushers and their gangs became ministers with
portfolios. And so all the doctors, lawyers, and other
big men were standing aside in their houses and they
did not have a say. That was the decision of
majority.
Don't you know that man is the most expensive
asset in the world? Even if he has crooked eyes,
broken legs, he is very useful in the world. He has an
assignment. When in 1977 the Churches in Calabar
and all over the country united together to wage war
against Brotherhood, THE YOUTH FELLOWSHIP was
formed to counter the evil intentions of the
churches. The so-called big men ran away and hid
themselves. Those members of other churches
thought it was our Father alone so that they could
catch Him like a fowl as they did to Our Lord Jesus
Christ. They did not know that there is a multitude
that they could not cope with. The big men had their
role to play while others carried out the combat, they
went on underground work, urging others to give
their support, financial or otherwise. If you go to the
government, police or any place throughout the
nation, Brotherhood is there. The thieves in
40. Brotherhood have their own duty to perform. They do
not steal indiscriminately. If they hear anybody
saying any evil word against Brotherhood, they will
mark that person, find out where he lives, one day
they will go and clear his house. And so people will
ask why did you say evil things about Brotherhood,
whatever the person wants will be given to him. And
you will boast that without Brotherhood, I would not
have been what I am now, Brotherhood is feeding
me. Another person will ask if I come will they
accept me? Then he will be told that Brotherhood
doesn't discriminate, and so the person will come.
There are people listening everywhere to hear what
people would say about Brotherhood. If you say evil
words, you will be so marked out. And so all of us
have assignments. What a truthful person can do, a
liar cannot do it. A liar, a thief, a fornicator and the
rest of the people have their different assignments.
No person is completely useless. That is why death
is not yet destroyed because it has not completed its
own assignment. if there is anything going wrong
somewhere, it will be informed to go and do its work.
That is why when you are told to forsake sins, you
frown that you are going to do it gradually, saying
41. that you are only doing it as a hobby, to safeguard
something, afterwards you will do away with it
entirely. The government has realized that it is
unwise to continue to execute murderers, but they
have to do it to deter those who think they can just
take up a knife and get to the market and start
cutting off people's head without any cause. They
are just punishing them to keep down the murder
rate. It is only at the fullness of time that they will
completely abandon the idea of killing the
murderers.
Even if a woman is a fornicator, that does not
prevent her from serving God. The other person is
rogue, that does not prevent him from doing
something for God. They are all your brothers and
sisters. Everybody has a purpose, a sister who
fornicates will be able to entice plenty of men into
Brotherhood. The same thing is applicable to a man
who is a fornicator. You will say that you are good,
how many people have you brought in here?
It is high time we united all churches, secret
societies, and all other institutions into one. The juju
doctors, necromancers, herbalists, and the rest
should be brought together also. If you do not bring
them together, who will give strong testimony,
42. because it is the man who has gone far who will be
able, after studying Brotherhood so much, to give a
good testimony. For you, your only testimony is that
your wife has given birth to a child and that you have
been promoted. But the juju doctor will be able to
testify because he has tested the power of
Brotherhood and has found himself wanting.
A TREE HAS POWER, ITS BARK HAS POWER, THE
LEAVES AND THE ROOTS HAVE POWER AND SO ALL
THESE SMALL POWERS MUST BE COMBINED TO
FORM AN IMPREGNABLE POWER. WHETHER IT IS A
LEAF, ROOT, BARK OF A TREE, WATER, YOU HAVE
TO BRING THEM TOGETHER SO THAT YOU CAN
ESTABLISH ONE POWER.
Are you not surprised about the healing water at
Biakpan? You come from England, London, America,
or any other place at all and you carry your empty
cans to collect the water, mud and sand from
Biakpan. You drink it and it cures your sickness.
Water from Biakpan is used as the last resort. It is
put on special use only. Somebody can offer to give
you a full bottle of Holy Oil, but when it comes to
Biakpan water, the person will give you only a drop.
Brethren, have you seen that? That is why it is said
wherever your faith is that is where your salvation
43. comes from. SOME PEOPLE HAVE THEIR FAITH IN
TREES, SOME IN HERBS, SOME IN WATER AND
SOME IN SPIRITS. SO THOSE WHO ARE LINKED
WITH TREES HAVE THEIR CURE FROM THE TREE,
THOSE WHO ARE LINKED TO THE LEAVES, WATER
AND EVEN THE SAND HAVE THEIR SALVATION
FROM EACH OF THESE. THOSE WHO ARE LINKED TO
THE HOLY SPIRIT HAVE THEIR CURE, POWER AND
EVERYTHING FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT.
If we love each other, we all shall speak only one
language, have one behavior. But if we hate each
other, there will continue to be many languages, we
shall believe in different ways of doing things. What
happens in the world today about Brotherhood? You
are sitting with your carnal brother or sister, holding
discussions, but immediately you see your
Brotherhood members, you will jump up and follow
them and begin to hold conversation. When you leave
your parents and relatives, you do not even care
about them, or what they are saying. They will say
that they do not know what is wrong with you
people. They will say that you are lost.
That sister who came from London did not care to go
and visit her parents. SHE CAME STRAIGHT TO SEE
44. THE HOLY FATHER FIRST. Yesterday she was here,
today she is here again. Right now she is very happy,
being that she is with us.
Anywhere you go, you first of all ask for a Bethel,
even if you have had all storied buildings with so
many rooms and comfortable beds. You do not want
all these luxuries of life. You will instead look for a
Bethel to stay comfortably in. What has actually
brought you here? What actually do you eat and
enjoy here? IT IS THAT LOVE WHICH HAS BEEN
LOST BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SEPARATED.
For very many years there was no coming together.
But right now the Father has brought everybody
together. That is why there is joy, joy, joy.
LET MY PEACE AND BLESSING REMAIN WITH YOU
NOW AND FOREVER MORE. AMEN.
THANK YOU HOLY FATHER.
BY LEADER OLUMBA OLUMBA OBU
THE SOLE SPIRITUAL HEAD
BROTHERHOOD OF THE CROSS AND STAR
EXCERPT FROM THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL :WOMEN
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MODERATE YOUR LIFESTYLE
* BROTHERHOOD OF THE CROSS AND STAR IS
GOD'S KINGDOM. THE CROSS SIGNIFIES
45. SUFFERINGS AND TRIBULATIONS WHICH ONE HAS
TO BEAR. But when we hob around somebody in time
of plenty only to desert that person when riches are
no longer there then it tells on us that we had our
hearts and soul controlled by the man's wealth.
* You have to settle peaceably your disputes. They
are fed up with the atrocious life of the whole
country and they decided to live that way. Such is
the work of Brotherhood. Ever since we started
taking vengeance what benefit have we and the
inhabitants of the world achieved?
* You have been told that Adam, Eve, Cain, Abel and
others died. People have been dying from that time
till date. But for mere hearing that your small child is
dead you start to shiver and weep. Why are you
doing such a thing? Is it for the fun of it? Are you not
mature till now? Is death a new thing? It is bizarre
for you to have surrendered your heart to such
things.
NONE IS GOOD EXCEPT GOD:
You can recall what Christ said when a certain
young man approached Him and said: "Lord charge
that my brother should give me my share of the
46. inheritance; "Christ said: "0! man, who made me a
judge and a divider over you? And he said: "take
heed of covetousness, whatever a man owns, his life
is not in his hands." But in your own case if one naira
(N1.00) is missing, you consult oracle to find out
things for yourself. You will continue to disagree and
in the end you will even lose your life. At times you
are troubled if somebody accuses you of stealing and
telling lies. At that extent you become worried
because in your heart you tend to believe that you
are the only perfect human being; and because you
are accused of what you think you have never done,
you decide to teach him a lesson. While dealing with
that person you incidentally deal with yourself. The
situation of the people of the world and yours left
much to be desired. I feel pity for you. You allow the
fowl, goat, ant and all creations have rule over you.
That is the cause of your problems even though you
don't see it to be sinful. Whoever surrenders himself
to anything is dead already.
You were born into this world and you grew up to be
told that there are magicians, money doublers,
swindlers, and extortioners, or that such and such a
person's money was swindled from him; and even
47. though you have heard the story about swindlers and
dupes, have they not duped you? They will continue
to dupe you even for one hundred years to come.
Why are you still in this immature game? It is
because you have surrendered yourself to such
tendencies.
You have been told that Adam, Eve, Cain, Abel and
others died. People have been dying from that time
till date. But for mere hearing that your small child is
dead you start to shiver and weep. Why are you
doing such a thing? Is it for the fun of it? Are you not
matured till now? Is death a new thing? It is bizarre
for you to have surrendered your heart to such
things.
The same thing is applicable to somebody who is
sick. You have heard that right from Adam to the
time of your forefathers people always desert the
sick persons, and then because somebody is sick
you consciously forsake him. Why is it so? The
reason is not far-fetched. You have grossly allowed
the things of this world to dominate your whole life.
BROTHERHOOD OF THE CROSS AND STAR IS GOD'S
KINGDOM. THE CROSS SIGNIFIES SUFFERINGS AND
TRIBULATIONS WHICH ONE HAS TO BEAR. But when
48. we hob around somebody in time of plenty only to
desert that person when riches are no longer there
then it tells on us that we had our hearts and soul
controlled by the man's wealth. Every person does
the same offence, the children, mother, father and
somebody deserts his friend and curses him because
he does not swim in wealth any longer. Others will
claim that nemesis has visited him, because he used
his money for drinking and frolicking with
prostitutes. Are you not the ones who caused his
money to be exhausted? If we were to submit
ourselves to God and keep his injunctions, and stand
firm with whoever is sick or dead and live less
worried, realizing that there is no death, then you
will be free. Why are you bothered because
somebody is dead? There is nothing like death,
sickness or lack; and there is no problem. Surrender
yourself NOT to the things of this world, but to God.
If you plunge your mind in the things of this world it
shall yield you no profit and you will be troubled at
heart but with God you are free. What manner of
people are you that you cannot refrain from sins?
Ever since Adam, Eve, Cain, Abel and others started
committing sins in the past, are you not fed up now
in this act? Can't you return home now? You realize
49. that Brotherhood has no business with sinful acts.
Why are you a Brotherhood and yet when somebody
offends you, you vow that you will undo him so that
he will know the type of family you come from. Your
Father did same and had no reward. Enslave
yourselves to God. Surrender yourself to God.
Instead, you surrender your body and mind to
mischievous activities that, you at times declare
publicly that you are going to Akpabuyo, Uyo or Itu to
prepare concoction to teach somebody a lesson.
What actually are you doing? You are bought over by
the lust for these tendencies. There is a movement
or organization in overseas called Moral
Rearmament; that means when you are offended you
do good to your offender. Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe is a
member of that organization. The motto of the
organization is that when somebody offends you, if
you are a member of that organization, it is your duty
to go and beg that person and plead with him to
forgive you. You have to settle peaceably your
disputes. They are fed up with the atrocious life of
the whole country and they decided to live that way.
Such is the work of Brotherhood. Ever since we
started taking vengeance what benefit have we and
50. the inhabitants of the world achieved? When you
argue that you don't give up things easily, what
about your forefathers who did what you are doing
today? Are they still living?
If you go to the prison overseas, you will discover
that prisoners are not tortured and humiliated as
done in Nigeria. Prisoners are not punished and they
are paid salary, they wear what they like. But in this
part of the globe prisoners are tied to stakes, and
shot to death. Others are punished in various ways.
Until now, are you fed up in this atrocious act of
yours? I want you to listen to our second lesson as it
is going to be read. That is your homework: Take a
record of your wickedness from Adam, and since you
started killing, disgracing, defiling, drinking,
fornicating, indulging in diabolical practices and
doing other unseemly things, yet to no avail. Now the
whites have come to their wits end. They have seen
their ignorance, the Germans are not left out in this
issue of eye opening. You have been fighting,
quarrelling and killing. Do you eat the corpse of
those you kill? And even though you may eat it, will
it satisfy you? If somebody dies, will somebody not
be born? What indeed is relatively new? We look for
51. a new thing now. This is the new heaven and a new
earth wherein dwelleth righteousness. That is the
new thing which we yearn for.
BY LEADER OLUMBA OLUMBA OBU
THE SOLE SPIRITUALHEAD OF THE UNIVERSE
BROTHERHOOD OF THE CROSS AND STAR.
Excerpt from: MODERATEYOUR LIFESTYLE
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RESTORE YOUR BRETHREN TO THEIR PREVIOUS
STATE
SECOND LESSON: GALATIANS 6:1
"Brethren, if a man be overtaken in fault, ye which
are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of
meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be
tempted. "
RESTORE YOUR BRETHREN TO THEIR PREVIOUS
STATE
Have you heard that? Realize that in overseas, if you
are reported to the police the police will not come
and arrest you indiscriminately. Your telephone
number will be taken and somebody will dial your
number and advise you to report at the police station
52. and then will you go there. If any policeman attempts
to arrest you, without following this protocol he will
be charged for assault. That is the case over there.
They have realized that all this time they have been
beating mankind, punishing and torturing him, no
benefit has come out of that. And all this time that
you have been bullying, cheating, beating up people
and bearing malice against others, discriminating
and charging others to court; you have imprisoned,
killed and tortured the rest, what good has come to
your family? Have you lived long? Where are your
parents and great-grand-parents? Are you not fed up
with this act of gross sinfulness? Over here there is
a death penalty for whoever commits murder, but in
the western world such a thing does not arise. The
culprit will be given life imprisonment over there. He
lives there permanently without going out again. But
logically, if somebody kills and you kill him, don't you
know you will be killed? If you condemn somebody to
death, note that you are also dead. THE WHITES
HAVE STARTED TO REALIZE THINGS WHICH THEY
DID NOT KNOW IN THE PAST BECAUSE THEY
LACKED THE HOLY SPIRIT. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS
ILLUMINATING THEIR PATH NOW. BUT IMAGINE A
LARGE CONTINENT LIKE AFRICA, INSTEAD FOR YOU
53. TO UNITE IN ONE AND FORM A FORMIDABLE FRONT,
YOU TEND TO SEGREGATE AND AVENGE
YOURSELVES.
Over here, if you happen to be the driver of a vehicle
involved in an accident, and you have knocked
somebody down, if you don't run away the
inhabitants of that area will surround you with
sticks, clubs, matches and guns, set your vehicle
ablaze and finally kill you. At times it does not even
concern them in any way, and if you were up to two
people, both of you will be killed, making the number
of corpses three. What profit is there in doing such a
thing? In other words, you cause somebody you
suspected to have stolen your property to be
apprehended and jailed. By so doing, have you
retrieved your property? Is that thief in the prison for
your own good? What really is your gain? Combat
does not terminate at throwing down an opponent.
The family of the person imprisoned and their
community members will challenge that act and it
will not be that easy for you. That trouble caused by
the two families or communities will raise dust. What
goes on in the world is "tit for tat." A great many
mishaps we have heard about in the western world
54. occurred accidentally, BUT THAT OF THE BLACKS,
THEY ACT DEVILISHLY AND UNJUSTLY. YOU ARE
RULED BY SINS AND EVILS. SIN HAS EATEN DEEP
INTO YOU AS A CANKERWORM. THE INFANT,
ADULT, YOUNG, OLD, MAN OR WOMAN COMMITS
EVILS. THERE IS NOBODY WHO IS READY TO DO
ANYTHING GOOD. YOU MOVE ABOUT WITH YOUR
KNIFE TIED ROUND YOUR WAIST. AND THE BLACK
MAN DOES NOT BELIEVE IN THE WORD "ACCIDENT."
That is why our second lesson says: "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." But if we beat
such a person, or punish him in what ever way
necessary, it means we have committed the worst
crime. Who has not offended amongst us? RIGHT
NOW AS WE ARE SEATED HERE LISTENING TO THE
GOSPEL, SHOULD ANYBODY NOW DISTURB EITHER
BY SHOUTING, OR MISBEHAVING ANY HOW,
EVERYBODY WILL RUN TO HIS DIRECTION. HE WILL
BE CAPTURED; AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT HE HAS
BEEN TIED LEGS AND HANDS AND THROWN ON THE
GROUND, HIS LEGS TWISTED AND HIS NECK
SQUEEZED. HE WILL BE BEATEN AND DEALT WITH
RUTHLESSLY. WHEN YOU ACT IN THIS WAY, DON'T
55. YOU KNOW THAT YOUR PUNISHMENT IS GREATER
THAN HIS? AS CHILDREN OF GOD IF SOMEBODY
DOES SOMETHING WHICH IS NOT GOOD ADMONISH
HIM PEACEFULLY AND GRADUALLY HE WILL
CHANGE. AND IN THE END YOU WILL SHOW TO HIM
HIS FAULT WITHOUT HURTING HIS FEELINGS AND
YOURS TOO.
If somebody steals your property don't broadcast it.
But get closer the culprit and exhort him peacefully
and gently, in the end you will successfully make him
realize his fault without being angry with you. If you
report a thief to the police and he is arrested don't
you know that your sin is greater than his? If you
take him to the soothsayer, juju priest, or witch
doctor to cast lots and know the truth, don't you
think that your offence is greater than his? If you
curse and beat him up, don't you know that you have
also offended? That is why you are asked to "take
heed lest you fall." That is the constituent of the
teaching I impart to you. Whoever says he stands
should take heed lest he falls. When you curse
people, get angry, beat somebody up and punish
others, don't you fall by so doing? You give your car
to somebody but incidentally he got involved in an
56. accident and possibly damaged your car. You
become so infuriated that you demand a new car as
compensation from him. What happens if you were
the one driving the car and had the car damaged?
Would you not have said it was an accident? Why tell
the driver to buy you a new car?
LEAVE VENGEANCE FOR GOD, HE WILL REPAY:
You must have heard the testimony of that chief
magistrate who said he had a case of manslaughter
in court; it is because of that type of situation. He
said his nephew was intimate with his daughter in
his house the first time and he pardoned him. As if
that was not enough, the nephew repeated that
shabby act and because of that the chief magistrate
admitted he sent the boy home and refused him
education. But when the magistrate went home on
one occasion he discovered that his nephew was
still there. He was angry and he drove him away and
got him seriously smacked. Along the line the young
man died. When the boy died he was charged for
manslaughter. BRETHREN, IF YOU ARE OBSERVANT
AND THOUGHTFUL, YOU WILL REALIZE THAT THE
TEACHING I IMPART UNTO YOU IS EXCELLENT.
57. Why is it that if you have a piece of land and
somebody seeks for a portion of it, you go to charge
the person to court? At that juncture the struggle
starts. Apart from wasting your own money you are
going to waste your time and energy, you will indulge
in preparation of juju and concoction, tell lies and
plot evil against your offender. There is a massive
expense of land even from here to India. What do you
do with this land? If a parcel of land is taken away
from you give it out, for God will give you another
parcel of land. For somebody to be indebted to you,
you sue him to court. Realize that by this singular
act you have erred and your sin is greater than this,
and before you can collect your debt of say N10.00
from him you will spend well over N60.00 in the end.
And if it is so, I ask, have you received back that
money in essence? What is the wisdom in using over
N60.00 to recover a debt of N10.00? What do you
stand to gain?
You have heard the testimony given by one of our
brethren, an army captain. He said somebody
violently took ownership of his parcel of land. He
admitted that if it were the time he was in the world
he would not take it kindly with the man other than
58. to deal ruthlessly with him, but having come into
Brotherhood he cannot behave like that any longer.
Furthermore, he added that his relations and friends
rose with clubs and other weapons to wage war and
retrieve the land, but he warned them not to do that,
telling them assuredly that he will personally go to
address the man. But the people threatened that the
man will kill him but the captain said he debunked
such negative perceptions. In the end that man
came, called the captain's carnal father and told him
that his son (the captain) was a man of God. The
man surrendered the land and reconciled amicably
with the captain's family. The brother said he had a
revolver in his pocket the day the incident occurred,
of which, with that gun, he would have eliminated
the other man who boasted, and he had on him
N10,000.00 which he would have conveniently bribed
the police to squash the matter but he was tolerant.
In the end he triumphed over the temptation. Leaving
vengeance for God is the best thing a man should do.
Your problem now is that any little thing you have,
your heart and mind is plunge in that thing so much
that if there is any trespasser you can fire a gun at
him. If you find somebody going astray, instead of
you to get close to him and rebuke him with
59. meekness and love, you stand somewhere and
conclude that nemesis has caught up with him; or
that the person has backslidden from Brotherhood.
At times you ridicule, jeer, disgrace, and speak
disdainfully against him; by so doing have you not
offended? When somebody is faced with difficulty,
instead of us to help him out, we discourage him and
get such a person dispirited with obscene
statements that his sins are the cause of his
afflictions. What causes yours? Is it not your sins?
Somebody has a child and because the child is either
seriously sick and dies in the end, people will begin
to speak discouragingly that the man has killed or
sacrificed his child for his diabology and juju. Instead
of people to encourage the afflicted and feed him
with the words of life they will discourage him with
all types of obscene statements. If you have a
husband and eventually he goes on transfer, your in-
laws will conclude that you have killed your
husband. Will you continue to live forever in a state
of ignorance and foolishness? Killing here and there
and leveling allegations here and there? If you watch
the trend of things you will discover that wherever a
man or woman dies those around will accuse the
60. husband or wife of being responsible. If a child dies
people will accuse the mother. If a person dies
somewhere his close friend(s) will be accused. That
is the only gratefulness man can show to God. What
is the gain in doing these things? And having done
so, have you not erred? It is said that a child of God
should speak no guile, should not curse, abuse,
punish or cast aspersions at people. The children of
God are expected to exhort and rebuke with
meekness, love, truth, mercy and the word of God so
as to gain the offender back to the path of rectitude.
But have you accepted to do that? As long as you
have not done it, realize that your punishment is
greater than the other man's. That is why
Brotherhood encourages you to leave everything
unto the Father because if he does not approve of
anything, nothing can happen. Always surrender all
things to the Father. Whether fire consumes
somebody's properties, whether somebody's
property got lost you have to encourage the person
involved. You don't have to blame or beat the person
up or do anything that will hurt his feelings. You have
to bless, console, comfort and speak good words
which will draw the person to God. Even here in
Brotherhood, bickering and gossiping has its roots. A
61. great many brethren here, because of indiscriminate
gossiping, their absence for one or more days at
evening prayers or services will be rumored that
such persons have become ashamed of themselves
and cannot embrace the kingdom as expected. You
should get closer him and know his problem, exhort
him and comfort him with good words. Regrettably,
you take to speaking disdainfully against persons.
Leave people to themselves because God is
monolithic and Omnipresent. Wherever man is found
God is there with him. As children of God you are
expected to regard everybody not only as
impeccable before you, but you are also expected to
encourage, exhort, please, comfort and draw
somebody who has strayed back to God. That is the
work of Brotherhood. If you don't do that it means
you have offended.
If you are reliably informed of your brother or sister's
problems, if you don't go there and help sort out
solution to his or her problems it means you have
erred. If something happens and you begin to speak
ill against that person it means you have also erred.
At all times, "if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye
which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit
62. of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be
tempted." Let our golden text be read.
BY LEADER OLUMBA OLUMBA OBU
THE SOLE SPIRITUALHEAD OF THE UNIVERSE
BROTHERHOOD OF THE CROSS AND STAR.
Excerpt from: MODERATEYOUR LIFESTYLE
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HEROD’S INTENTION
OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST IS THE SAME TODAY,
TOMORROW, AND FOREVER. (Heb 13:8).
* He has said in John 14: 19 that, "Yet a little while
the world seeth me no more; but ye see me; because
I live, ye shall live also." Therefore when you pray
God to reveal this mystery to the whole world, do
you imagine what eyes they would want to see this
kingdom with? THOSE WHOM HE DESIRES TO SEE
AND TO KNOW HIM HE HAS REVEALED HIMSELF
UNTO THEM.
*THE FIRST ADAM WAS A CHILD OF GOD, AND THE
SECOND ADAM WAS A CHILD OF GOD. THE THIRD
63. ADAM IS THE MANIFESTATION OF THE FATHER, THE
SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT. HE HAS BEEN GIVEN
ALL POWER AND AUTHORITY WITH WHICH TO RULE
THE WHOLE WORLD. HE THEREFORE HAS NOT
COME AS A PREACHER OR PROPHET OR A
MESSENGER, BUT AS A KING WITH POWER AND
AUTHORITY TO RULE HEAVEN AND EARTH.
OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST IS THE SAME TODAY,
TOMORROW, AND FOREVER. (Heb 13:8).
* THE SAME THING CONTINUES TODAY. THE
PEOPLE FAILED TO KNOW THAT JOHN THE BAPTIST
WHO WAS BROUGHT FORTH BY ELISABETH, WAS
THE ELIJAH WHO HAD COME TO HERALD THE
COMING OF JESUS CHRIST (MATTHEW 11:14/ MARK
9:11-13). Herod ask the wise men to inform him after
seeing the new-born king so that he too could go and
worship him. If the wise men had gone back to
inform him, would Herod not have gone straight, or
sent soldiers, to kill Him? AS GOD HID THAT
KNOWLEDGE OF THE NEW KING FROM THAT
GENERATION, SO ALSO HAS HE HIDDEN THE
KNOWLEDGE OF THE IRON ROD RULER FROM THE
PRESENT GENERATION.
64. The first Christ was given superintendency over the
fishes in water, the birds of the air, the animals in
the bushes, the trees and all the things created by
God. Since that time that the authority was given to
Him, has He been dethroned? Or has that authority
been taken away from Him? He came back to
continue His kingship in the kingdom of His Father
which endures forever. At that time His itinerary was
not made a matter of: "no cross, no crown." IN THE
SAME MANNER HE HAS COME AGAIN, NOT
ANSWERING JESUS, BUT WITH A NEW NAME AND
WITH A ROD OF IRON TO RULE THE WORLD. HE HAS
COME WITH A NEW NAME WHICH IS WRITTEN
BENEATH HIS GARMENT WHICH NO ONE KNOWS
EXCEPT HIMSELF.
Those of you who question why the Father has not
revealed this wisdom to the entire world, have you
forgotten Herod's intention and plans when he heard
that a king was born? To make sure that he had no
rival and no other person reigned during his life-time,
Herod ordered that all male children of particular
ages be killed.
That shows you how wonderful man is. But
unfortunately for man, God is all-knowing.
65. If God were to disclose to the world, like it was done
in the case of Jesus Christ, human beings and
governments would rise up in arms against such a
person. Nobody knows whether he is black or white
for now. As the heaven is higher than the earth, so
also has God's wisdom surpassed man's. (Isa 55:9).
How will you be able to know this person who is
destined to rule the world with a rod of iron and who
has been trusted with all power and authority in
heaven and on earth? It is written that he will come
like a thief in the night. (1 Thes 5:2).
A fool at forty is said to be a fool forever. Being
fooled once is understandable; but to be fooled a
second time means you are a fool forever. God has
since realized that messengers and prophets and
even His Begotten Son, He has been sending down
end up being slain by man. THAT IS WHY THIS TIME
AROUND, HE HAS DECIDED TO COME BY HIMSELF
AND WITH FULL GRACE. HIS ADVENT HAS
THEREFORE ELUDED THE ENTIRE WORLD.
The world is wasting its time, energy and money to
visit the sun, moon, and stars and the rest of the
planets to investigate and try to find out this
mystery. They are merely wasting their time because
66. power and authority over all the planets is in the
hands of this being whose identity they are trying to
unravel.
If your enemy intends to go to war with you and he
has one thousand soldiers while you have only
twenty, the only remedy is for you to go and make
peace with him. Initially the world had thought this
kingdom to be a thing to joke with. But they have
realized that it is not something to toy with. When a
child is born in the world, the people will try to
investigate through various ways to know what kind
of a person that child will grow up to be. If they
realize that the child is likely to be prominent, they
will find one way or the other to eliminate that child.
FOR THOSE WHO ARE AWAITING THE ARRIVAL OF
OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST FROM THE SKY, IF IT
SHOULD HAPPEN LIKE THAT WHAT DO YOU THINK
THE ENEMIES WOULD DO? WOULD THEY ALLOW
HIM TO LAND AT ALL?
And if He has to land at all, where will He land? With
the human laws over the land, sea and air, where will
the people allow Him to land? The same thing that
67. happened to the Israelites and the people of old is
repeating itself today.
It was stated in their books that Elijah shall come
before the Messiah. (Matt 11:10-15). To make
matters worse for them, Elijah was taken up in the
manner that was known by the people, and because
of that all of them expected him to come back in that
manner before the arrival of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Therefore when Christ the Messiah arrived without
the appearance of Elijah as stated in their books, the
people disbelieved Him. Even up till now, the
Israelites are still expecting the arrival of Elijah.
Their hearts were further hardened to enhance their
disbelief because of their ill will and evil intentions.
THE SAME THING CONTINUES TODAY. THE PEOPLE
FAILED TO KNOW THAT JOHN THE BAPTIST WHO
WAS BROUGHT FORTH BY ELISABETH, WAS THE
ELIJAH WHO HAD COME TO HERALD THE COMING
OF JESUS CHRIST (MATTHEW 11:14/ MARK 9:11-13).
Herod ask the wise men to inform him after seeing
the new-born king so that he too could go and
worship him. If the wise men had gone back to
inform him, would Herod not have gone straight, or
sent soldiers, to kill Him? AS GOD HID THAT
68. KNOWLEDGE OF THE NEW KING FROM THAT
GENERATION, SO ALSO HAS HE HIDDEN THE
KNOWLEDGE OF THE IRON ROD RULER FROM THE
PRESENT GENERATION.
He has said in John 14: 19 that, "Yet a little while
the world seeth me no more; but ye see me; because
I live, ye shall live also." Therefore when you pray
God to reveal this mystery to the whole world, do
you imagine what eyes they would want to see this
kingdom with? THOSE WHOM HE DESIRES TO SEE
AND TO KNOW HIM HE HAS REVEALED HIMSELF
UNTO THEM. THE WORLDLY PEOPLE ARE
UNBELIEVERS AND THEY DO NOT LIKE THE TRUTH.
IF YOU WANT TO PASS THROUGH A PLACE WHERE
YOUR ENEMIES ARE, YOU HAVE TO DO SO QUIETLY.
Equally, if you want to go and rob somebody and you
set off from your house with a bell and a public
address system, ringing and shouting as you walk
ahead, before ever you reach your destination,
information shall have reached him and he would
appropriately get himself ready for you or he would
simply flee the house. He has come like a thief to
surprise and arrest all who do not believe in Him and
also resist His governance.
69. In any case, what concerns us today is the
revelation of the angel about the man-child and what
will happen. The angel did not say that He will
descend from the sky. The meaning of the passage is
that: AS HE CAME AS A MAN, IN LIKE MANNER,
SHALL HE COME BACK. Man has eyes but cannot
see, has ears but cannot hear, and the mind but
cannot perceive. Their hearts have further been
hardened so that they would continue in their
ignorance. EVEN AS THE MESSIAH WAS BROUGHT
FORTH BY A WOMAN, SO ALSO SHALL THE ONE
WHO WILL RULE THE WORLD WITH A ROD OF IRON
BE BROUGHT FORTH BY A WOMAN. ALL POWER,
AUTHORITY AND GLORY IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH
HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO HIM. IF THEREFORE YOU SAY
YOU CANNOT WORSHIP MAN, BUT YOU PREFER TO
WORSHIP STONES, TREES, WATER, LEAF, OR SAND,
HAS GOD EVER GIVEN HIS POWER TO THESE
ELEMENTS AS HE GAVE MAN?
THIS THING IS NOT REVEALED TO YOU SO THAT
YOU WILL GO AND PREACH TO UNBELIEVERS. IT IS
REVEALED TO YOU IN THE FIRST PLACE AS ONE
WHO HAS BEEN CALLED IN HERE TO SHARE IN THE
MARRIAGE FEAST AND ALSO SO THAT YOU WILL
70. GIRD UP YOUR LOINS. The disciples of Our Lord
Jesus Christ asked Him why He spoke to other
people in parables, but spoke to them, the disciples,
in plain language? He told them it been written that
he who has little, the same will be taken away from
him and added to that of the person who has much.
(Matt 25:29).God has further blinded the eyes and
blocked the ears of those who doubt and disbelieve
so that they will not see and hear. He has also
hardened their hearts that they may not believe. But
He has opened the eyes and ears of those who are
His children and broadened their minds to
understand His injunctions and obey and to behold
his glory.
BY LEADER OLUMBA OLUMBA OBU
THE SUPERNATURAL TEACHER, AND
SOLE SPIRITUAL HEAD OF THE UNIVERSE
BROTHERHOOD OF THE CROSS AND STAR
Excerpt from the gospel: HE HAS COME TO REIGN
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THE HOLY SPIRIT
First Bible Lesson: John 14:26
71. "But the Comforter which is the Holy Ghost, whom
the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you
all things, and bring all things to your remembrance,
whatsoever I have said unto you."
Brethren, have you heard that? It is not said that He
will come from Europe, or America or Africa, or India.
It is only said that when the Comforter comes, He
will teach you all things and bring all things to your
remembrance, whatsoever the Christ has said unto
you.
All the battles fought are part of the liberation work
of our Lord Jesus Christ in order that we may be able
to worship God in Spirit and in Truth. Look at Nigeria,
for instance, twenty six years after her
independence, she is still under slavery.
Unfortunately, she does not know that the yoke is
still upon her. So long as you cannot worship God in
Spirit and in truth, you are still under the yoke of
satan.
The Liberation Of The Israelites
When the children of Israel were led into slavery in
Egypt, they had no power to resist whatever was
passed down to them by the Egyptians. They were
72. forced to adopt a form of worship which was alien to
them. Since they were slaves, they could not
worship in their own way. They served a strange
God. If you have to do what is strange to you, you
will not be able to reject, except as you are directed.
But when it was time, when God wanted them to
serve Him where He wanted, He sent Moses to
deliver them from the hands of Pharaoh to a land
kept for them. They were no longer under Egypt's
system of worship. (Ex 3:10) It was then that Joshua
rose up amongst them and said; "Men of Israel if it
seems evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you
this day whom ye shall serve, whether the gods
which your fathers served that were on the other
side of the flood or the gods of Amorites in whose
land you dwell; but as for me and my house, we
serve the LORD." (Joshua 24:15). Is it not also the
time for Africa to serve the Lord? The Holy Spirit has
liberated us from slavery but the Africans continue
to worship strange gods. If you deviate from their
practice, they hate you, lock you up and kill you. The
Holy Spirit has liberated all of us, and there is little
that remains. He will also liberate all. So that we
may all come and serve Him, and cease from
wandering as sheep without a shepherd.
73. The Holy Spirit Is The Only Teacher
If the whole of Africa were to unite and serve the
Lord since they are all brothers and children of God,
what would they not accomplish? If we possess the
love which he has brought to us, if we are truthful,
merciful, humble and live in peace with one another
what would Nigeria not achieve? What would be
impossible for Africa? The Whites do not love you
and when you go to Europe and America to study,
what is it that you learn?
But the Holy Spirit is here to teach you everything:
how to manufacture the aeroplane and other things;
because it was written that He shall teach us all
things. The Holy Spirit will teach you everything if
you surrender yourself unto Him. He does not come
to heal alone but also to teach us all things.
BY LEADER OLUMBA OLUMBA OBU
THE SOLE SPIRITUAL HEAD OF THE UNIVERSE
BROTHERHOOD OF THE CROSS AND STAR.
EXCERPT FROM THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL: WHITHER AFRICA
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LOVE DOES NOT COMPEL:
THE TEACHINGS OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
74. BROTHERHOOD LOOKS UNTO OUR LORD JESUS
CHRIST.
*WE DO NOT PREACH MOSES OR ABRAHAM, BUT WE
PREACH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. HE IS THE ONLY
WAY AND WE HAVE TO EMULATE HIS EXAMPLE AS
WELL AS FOLLOW HIS FOOTSTEPS.
*THERE IS NO OTHER PERSON OR ANGEL WHO CAN
BRING SALVATION TO MANKIND, APART FROM OUR
LORD JESUS CHRIST BECAUSE HE IS GOD, THE
SPIRIT, AND HE IS THE CHRIST.
The teacher has delivered his teachings to you, but
you refuse to accept his lesson. How then will you
say that he is a bad teacher? If some medicine is
given to you, until you take it, you will not be able to
decide whether it is good or not. But the teachings
delivered to you are the ones the inhabitants of the
world have long been looking for; but you have
despised them. We are not under the law. WHEN I
GIVE YOU THE TEACHINGS, YOU CAN EITHER
ACCEPT THEM OR LEAVE THEM, AND I WILL NOT
QUARREL WITH YOU. LOVE DOES NOT COMPEL ANY
PERSON AGAINST HIS WILL. ANYTHING WHICH IS
DONE UNDER COMPULSION IS EVIL. YOU CAN SEE
75. THAT BROTHERHOOD PRACTICES LOVE AND ALSO
TEACHES OTHERS TO PRACTICE LOVE.
BROTHERHOOD LOOKS UNTO OUR LORD JESUS
CHRIST. Brotherhood does not collect money from
any person and does not do evil against any person.
WE DO NOT PREACH MOSES OR ABRAHAM, BUT WE
PREACH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. HE IS THE ONLY
WAY AND WE HAVE TO EMULATE HIS EXAMPLE AS
WELL AS FOLLOW HIS FOOTSTEPS. THERE IS NO
OTHER PERSON OR ANGEL WHO CAN BRING
SALVATION TO MANKIND, APART FROM OUR LORD
JESUS CHRIST BECAUSE HE IS GOD, THE SPIRIT,
AND HE IS THE CHRIST. He says that He whom the
Father sends speaks the Word of God; and God does
not give the Spirit by measure to him.
If you search the Bible, you find all the practices in
Brotherhood. Knocking of head on the, breaking of
feast and putting on the white garment are all found
in the Bible, because this is the kingdom of God.
Rebuke people for whatever sin they commit,
reprove and exhort with all longsuffering and
doctrines. Do not advise any person to come to
Brotherhood. If you tell somebody to come to
Brotherhood it means you have not read the
76. pamphlet “WHAT IS BROTHERHOOD.” The tree,
fishes, man and every creation, all these constitute
Brotherhood. Why do you invite somebody to come
into Brotherhood? Tell people to refrain from all
manners of sin, from fornication, from theft, from the
indulgence in the preparation of concoction, from
hatred, from malice, and from doing evil to any
person. Tell them to love every person as God has
loved them. Do not eat fish any longer, do not kill
them. Do not drink or give drink to others. All these
are not good. Anger is not good, killing is not good.
Diabolical acts are not good. Necromancy is not
good. Hatred is not good. Advise people to refrain
from all these things. Brethren, I shall not take you
further, it is said that a stroke of the cane is
sufficient unto the wise. He who has ears to hear let
him hear. May God bless his holy words for us.
AMEN THANK YOU FATHER.
BY: LEADER OLUMBA OLUMBA OBU
THE SUPERNATURAL TEACHER, AND
SOLE SPIRITUAL HEAD OF THE UNIVERSE
BROTHERHOOD OF THE CROSS AND STAR
EXCERPT FROM : EMULATE THE LIFESTYLE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
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77. BEWARE OF FALSE GODS:
THE HOLY SPIRIT LEADS:
* I AM TELLING YOU THIS SO THAT YOUR EYES MAY
BE OPENED BECAUSE THIS IS NOT THE TIME FOR
SOMEONE TO DECEIVE YOU THAT HE IS JESUS,
JEHOVAH OR THE CHRIST. IT IS THE HOLY SPIRIT
WHO TEACHES EVERYTHING AND THERE IS NO
OTHER TEACHER
* IF SOMEBODY COMES TO YOU WITH A NEW GOD
FROM AMERICA, TELL HIM TO FOLLOW HIS
AMERICAN GOD AND THAT YOU ARE FOLLOWING
AFTER THE HOLY SPIRIT. If someone comes out and
claims to be anything, know that he is nothing.
Africans Do Not Know How To Order Their Priorities
God is omnipotent and omniscient. All Powers belong
to the Holy Spirit. He is all wise and is in everything.
Right now that the Holy Spirit has revealed Himself,
we must worship God in spirit and in truth. He is love
and patience, truth and mercy; He is everything and
so there should be no distinction between the whites
and the blacks, the young and the old. Since charity
begins at home, we the Africans should know
78. ourselves. We should reason among ourselves. WE
ARE CARRYING THE CARCASS OF AN ELEPHANT ON
OUR HEADS BUT FIDDLING WITH OUR FEET TO
SEARCH FOR SNAILS. HOW MUCH WILL THE SNAIL
FETCH US? The whites introduced the school
systems, the churches and their civilization to you.
They have done well. That is their own contribution.
RIGHT NOW THE BLACKS SHOULD INTRODUCE TO
THEM THE HOLY SPIRIT WHICH IS LOVE, TRUTH,
ONENESS, HUMILITY AND GOODNESS. IT IS THE
TURN OF THE BLACK MAN TO UNIFY THE WHOLE
WORLD SO THAT THERE SHOULD BE NO
DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE JEWS AND THE
GREEKS. He has said that those who were not his
people, He shall call his people and to her that was
not His beloved, He shall call His beloved. (Rom
9:25). Africans were neither His people nor his
beloved, but today God says to Africans "you are my
people." And so Africans must rise up and unite.
The Turn Of The Blacks
In all institutions or establishments, it was the white
man who was at the head. No white man worked
under the black but today the reverse is true. The
mandate is to unify the whole world so that there
79. should be no distinction. The whites know this and
they have accepted the new turn. They do not
involve themselves in the foolishness which the
blacks indulge, arguing that they cannot worship a
human being. They know that this is what has been
ordained and so they have to accept it. However,
they now turn round and instigate you not to accept
Brotherhood. Brotherhood has already been
established and there is no need for any
indoctrination. It is not something you have to
search for. THE COMFORTER IS HERE TO TEACH
YOU LOVE. THIS IS NOT THE TIME FOR CARNAL
CHURCH DENOMINATIONS. IT IS THE HOLY SPIRIT
WHO LEADS IN EVERYTHING. THE HOLY SPIRIT
COMES FROM HEAVEN, AND HE IS EVERYTHING TO
EVERY MAN.
He said that the Comforter, the Spirit of Truth which
the Father shall send in my name, He shall teach you
all things. What does He teach us? What is He like?
Is the Holy Spirit white or black or colored. Is He tall
or short or deformed? I AM TELLING YOU THIS SO
THAT YOUR EYES MAY BE OPENED BECAUSE THIS
IS NOT THE TIME FOR SOMEONE TO DECEIVE YOU
THAT HE IS JESUS, JEHOVAH OR THE CHRIST. IT IS
80. THE HOLY SPIRIT WHO TEACHES EVERYTHING AND
THERE IS NO OTHER TEACHER. IF SOMEBODY
COMES TO YOU WITH A NEW GOD FROM AMERICA,
TELL HIM TO FOLLOW HIS AMERICAN GOD AND
THAT YOU ARE FOLLOWING AFTER THE HOLY
SPIRIT. If someone comes out and claims to be
anything, know that he is nothing. It is the Holy Spirit
who teaches us everything and it is today that we
want to know what the Holy Spirit looks like. It was
said that all shaky things shall be taken away.
Roman Catholicism has a beginning. Islam has a
beginning. Hinduism has a beginning, the Bahai faith
and other faiths and cults have their beginnings; but
the Holy Spirit has neither the beginning nor the end.
The Kingdom Of Jehovah God And His Christ Has
Come
The Holy Spirit has come for Nigeria, for Africa for
the Western world and for the whole world. The Holy
Spirit has come for the fishes in the water, the
animals in the field, the birds and every created
thing. The Holy Spirit does not come from Nigeria or
Africa or Europe. He comes from heaven and it is the
Kingdom of God which you pray for in the Lord's
Prayer: "Lord let thy Kingdom Come". He has taken
81. dominion over the whole world. Now is the time for
all of us to comply with His teachings. Do not waste
your time establishing a church or a prayer house.
We should be attentive to the Holy Spirit because it
is said that He shall teach us all things. This is the
time for both young and old to know Him.
Only The Holy Spirit Leads
We now want to know if his teaching means Roman
Catholicism or Protestantism or any other faith or
religion or government or society. It is said that in
the end there shall be one flock under one Shepherd.
BY LEADER OLUMBA OLUMBA OBU
THE SOLE SPIRITUAL HEAD
BROTHERHOOD OF THE CROSS AND STAR
EXCERPTS FROM THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL : WHITHER AFRICA
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FALSEHOOD DOMINION
THE NEW NAME
* BE ON THE ALERT, BECAUSE SOMEONE WILL
COME TO YOU AND SAY, I AM JESUS OR CHRIST,
AND YOU WILL BOW DOWN TO HIM. BEWARE, HE IS
NOT. EVEN IF YOU WERE TO SEE IN A VISION
82. JEHOVAH WRITTEN ON SOMEBODY'S FOREHEAD,
DO NOT WORSHIP HIM, HE IS NOT.
A Secret Name
God's word tells us that the one that has come
to rule the whole world has come with a new name.
He has a name inscribed on his garment which no
one knows but himself alone. I AM SPEAKING TO
YOU, WHO ARE WAITING FOR JESUS. I AM
SPEAKING TO YOU, WHO ARE WAITING FOR CHRIST.
I CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS, YOU ARE
WAITING FOR JEHOVAH. I SPEAK TO YOU WHO ARE
WAITING FOR PRIMA. I AM ADDRESSING YOU, WHO
ARE WAITING FOR JEHOVAH, JAH. YES, YOU WHO
ARE WAITING FOR A SAVIOR AND EMMANUEL. YOU
WILL NOT SEE THEM. Of course Emmanuel may
come to you and tell you that he is that Emmanuel
that you heard of but it will be a deceit.
BEWARE OF FALSE GODS AND CHRISTS
JESUS SAID THAT THERE WILL BE FALSE CHRISTS.
BE ON THE ALERT, BECAUSE SOMEONE WILL COME
TO YOU AND SAY, I AM JESUS OR CHRIST, AND YOU
WILL BOW DOWN TO HIM. BEWARE, HE IS NOT.
EVEN IF YOU WERE TO SEE IN A VISION JEHOVAH
83. WRITTEN ON SOMEBODY'S FOREHEAD, DO NOT
WORSHIP HIM, HE IS NOT. THAT IS WHY YOU ARE
ADVISED TO BEWARE OF NAMES SO THAT YOU MAY
NOT BE LED ASTRAY; BECAUSE SOMEONE WILL
COME TO YOU SAYING THAT HE IS THE LONG
EXPECTED ONE, WHEN HE IS NOT. SINCE THE
WORLD'S FOUNDATION, THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY
CREATURE WHO HAS KNOWN THE REAL NAME OF
GOD. WHAT CHRIST WAS ABLE TO REVEAL TO US
WAS THAT, HE IS A SPIRIT AND HE IS THE FATHER.
WE ACCEPTED THIS REVELATION OF CHRIST. JOHN
FURTHER REVEALED GOD AS LOVE. CHRIST
REVEALED HIMSELF AS THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND
THE LIFE. THEREFORE DO NOT FOLLOW AFTER ANY
OTHER NAMES, BUT FOLLOW, LOVE, TRUTH AND
LIFE FOR THIS WILL GIVE YOU SALVATION. DO NOT
LOOK FOR NAMES ANYMORE FOR THEY ARE
DECEITFUL AND DETRIMENTAL.
If someone calls on you do not ask him what
denominations he belongs to or what position he
occupies in his Church, this brings inevitable rancor.
DO NOT BE LED ASTRAY BY THE ROBES OF
PASTORS, BISHOPS, REVERENDS, PROPHETS,
POPES, EVANGELISTS OR APOSTLES. HAVE YOU
84. NOT READ OF FALSE PASTORS, PROPHETS, AND
APOSTLES. AND WHAT OF THIS NAME CHRISTIAN?
THIS NAME HAS DEPRAVED THE ENTIRE WORLD
TODAY. All the troubles in the world, all the crimes
committed in the world today are committed by
those who say that they are Christians. Christendom
has failed. I SAY THIS BECAUSE SOME OF YOU,
YOUR FATHERS ARE PASTORS OR REVERENDS. YOU
ARE QUITE AWARE OF THE WAYS THEY USE THESE
NAMES. THEY USE THESE TITLES FOR DISHONEST
GAINS.
But the name of God is wonderful. It is a Holy
Name, that nobody knows. He has now come to rule
both the heavens and the earth and there is no one
in heaven and on earth who knows the secret name
that He is called by, except Himself. Since the
Scripture has told us that nobody else knows this
secret Name written or inscribed on His garment, it
is then futile for any person to waste his time
investigating or imagining what should be His name.
More so, there has never been a time that any part of
the Scriptures goes unfulfilled, because God's Word
must always come true. IF THIS NAME WERE
CHRIST, IT WOULD PRESENT NO DIFFICULTY FOR
85. WE ALL KNOW CHRIST. If it were to be Enoch,
Moses, or John the Baptist, there would be no
trouble, but this is a secret name that He alone
knows.
In the world today, you would see many
Churches with different names, some are called
Church of Christ, Church of the Lord, Church of
Jehovah, what have they done? The use of these
names does not change these others that have
chosen to be called, Abasi, Chukwu, Chineke, Allah,
Olorun and other names but these names have no
effect on them. Therefore remove your minds from
names; but let us pursue truth and love which shall
lead us to salvation. For there is nobody on this
earth who will know that Name. It is a secret name
known only by the one who has it. Let us no more
waste our time in trying to presume what this name
may be, or try to work out the name in the way you
work out mathematics. It is a secret Name, do not
worry yourselves. For as the heaven is higher than
the earth so also the knowledge of God is higher
than the wisdom of mankind. (Isa 55:9).
BY LEADER OLUMBA OLUMBA OBU
THE SOLE SPIRITUAL HEAD OF THE UNIVERSE
86. BROTHERHOOD OF THE CROSS AND STAR.
EXCERPT FROM THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL :
LORD OF THE NEW AGE