This document is a transcript of a sermon delivered by Leader Olumba Olumba Obu on the topic of holiness. Some key points: - To enter the kingdom of God, one must be holy as God is holy. True holiness goes beyond outward appearances and abstaining from sex is required. - Very few people on Earth are truly holy, as it is difficult for many to sleep alone or abstain from sexual relations. Only 144,000 have been chosen to walk with God in complete holiness. - Figures like Jesus, John the Baptist, and religious leaders who vow celibacy like popes and nuns, are examples of those who maintained holiness by abst

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PRESENTS:
THE OVERCOMERS
YOU MUST BE HOLY
BIBLE CLASS LESSONS
BY:
LEADER OLUMBA OLUMBA OBU
THE SUPERNATURAL TEACHER, AND
SOLE SPIRITUAL HEAD OF THE UNIVERSE
BROTHERHOOD OF THE CROSS AND STAR

3. HIGHLIGHTS:
*God is not a respecter of persons, The Leader that you are seeing now had
been an eunuch and in absolute celibacy. He did not eat any food prepared by
a woman and had nothing at all to do with any woman. Therefore, if God did
not now see, who are you that God will take notice of you, when you indulge in
fornication and loose conduct and you hope to enter the kingdom of God. You
cannot enter. Brethren, I do not intend to go further with you. Those who
have ears to hear, let them hear. Let God bless His Holy Words. Amen.
*Brethren, do not think that his holiness or purity means your taking nice
bath and greasing yourself with a costly cream. Never! Think of it, and
ponder over this. Of all that God created, He only chooses 144,000 to walk
with the Lamb. Think of this statement and find out the meaning. Now, how
many people has He got, belonging to this number, 144,000? When a man or
woman today finds it difficult to sleep alone in the house, a man also finds it
absolutely impossible to sleep alone for a night. Therefore, how many people
do you think are holy on earth today? The holiness that we are talking about
here is not the relationship between a man and a woman. God does not have
any regards for what you call husband and wife. All He is concerned about is
for you to be holy.
*Think of John the Baptist. Did you see him defiling himself with women?
Consider the case of our Lord Jesus Christ, he did not defile himself with
women although there were many beautiful women in His days. Today, you
have heard of Popes without wives, Bishops, reverend fathers without wives,
reverend sisters without husbands. What are you waiting for?
* Why does the Pope not marry? It is so that he may remain sacred, and to be
with the Lamb in His kingdom. The same with the Bishop, reverend fathers,
reverend sisters and mothers who maintain celibacy, You in Brotherhood of
the Cross and Star claim that you have seen God face to face, eat with Him
and conversed with Him. How many of you have made yourselves holy? Paul
said: "Yet what things were gains to me these I have considered loss on
account of the excellent value of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord."
What did he count as loss to him? From the day he was called to the service of
God, he abstained from any relationship with a woman and kept himself holy
so that he may gain Christ and be found in union with Him. In the name of
our Lord Jesus Christ -Amen. Let us listen to the reading of the first Bible
lesson.

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FIRST BIBLE LESSON: 1 PETER 1:15
"But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation.n
SECOND BIBLE LESSON: 1 CORINTHIANS 7:29
"But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives
be as though they had none."
GOLDEN TEXT: REVELATION 14:4
"These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are
they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among
men, being the first fruits unto God and to the Lamb."
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EVERLASTING GOSPEL DELIVERED BY THE
SOLE SPIRITUAL HEAD LEADER OLUMBA OLUMBA OBU
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5. YOU MUST BE HOLY
Brethren, that which has been read to you is what we are going to reveal to yo~. I have already
told you that I have to be outspoken to you. I have nothing any more to hide or to speak in
parables about, because, its about time that the children should resemble their Father.
This Father is called the Holy Spirit. God's word says that you must be holy because God is
Holy. This is not a sing-song matter, prayers or monetary business. We are not talking about
riches, love or any other thing, it is the question of remaining holy.
The first and foremost thing to do in this kingdom in order to be worthy of remaining in it, is to
keep yourselves holy as God Himself is Holy. As the one who called you is holy, you must be
holy yourselves. There is no time for self-righteousness and pomposity. It is no time for leisure.
For, it is written, "you must be holy as I am holy." But, how can you be holy since some of
you find it difficult to sleep alone on your beds? How could this be possible, when it has become
your habit to go on ministry work with sisters?
Some of you have prayed that God should give you one wife so that you may remain steadfast in
the service ofGod. Are you sure that you are contented and satisfied with that one wife? Do you
think this matter of purity or holiness means that putting on of white gannents? Brethren, this
holiness is deeper than you think. It means you must be pure in body and in spirit. God's word
says that any other sin that a man may commit is outside his body, but he that practices
fornication is sinning against his own body. Further, it is also written that he who is joined to the
Lord is one spirit with Him.
Brethren, do not think that his holiness or purity means your taking nice bath and greasing
yourself with a costly cream. Never! Think of it, and ponder over this. Of all that God created,
He only chooses 144,000 to walk with the Lamb. Think of this statement and find out the
meaning. Now, how many people has He got, belonging to this number, 144,000? When a man
or woman today finds it difficult to sleep alone in the house, a man also finds it absolutely
impossible to sleep alone for a night. Therefore, how many people do you think are holy on
earth today?
The holiness that we are talking about here is not the relationship between a man and a woman.
God does not have any regards for what you call husband and wife. All He is concerned about is
for you to be holy.
You must understand that it was not God who joined Adam and Eve. Rather, it was the wrong
desires in Adam that necessitated the coming of Eve to him. Therefore, brethren, the way to
heaven is open, but the requirement is that you must be holy as God is. When the Corinthians
heard Paul's discussion about marriage, they asked him concerning this question of holiness. Paul
said: "Now concerning the things about which I wrote, it is well for a man NOT to touch a
woman; but because of prevalence of fornication, let each man have his own wife and each
woman her own husband." That conjunction but make room for concession which is not
authoritative. The first sentence was the order: "It is not good for a man to touch a woman;"
because when once you touch a woman you have become unholy.
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Think of John the Baptist. Did you see him defiling himself with women? Consider the case of
our Lord Jesus Christ, he did not defile himself with women although there were many beautiful
women in His days. Today, you have heard of Popes without wives, Bishops, reverend fathers
without wives, reverend sisters without husbands. What are you waiting for? Why does the
Pope not marry? It is so that he may remain sacred, and to be with the Lamb in His kingdom.
The same with the Bishop, reverend fathers, reverend sisters and mothers who maintain celibacy,
You in Brotherhood of the Cross and Star claim that you have seen God face to face, eat with
Him and conversed with Him. How many of you have made yourselves holy? Paul said: "Yet
what things were gains to me these I have considered loss on account of the excellent value
of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord." What did he count as loss to him? From the day
he was called to the service of God, he abstained from any relationship with a woman and kept
himself holy so that he may gain Christ and be found in union with Him. In the name of our
Lord Jesus Christ - Amen. Let us listen to the reading ofthe first Bible lesson.
lst Bible Lesson: 1 Peter 1:15
"But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation."
That is one of the qualities needed here in this kingdom. In the morning, we talked about truth
and faithfulness because He is the truth and faithfulness. But now, we are talking about holiness
because He is also Holy. Let me tell you the truth, anytime you have sexual relations with your
wife, you have become unclean and your wife is not also clean. But if you have a sister and a
brother who have no sexual relationship, both of them are holy. Some may feel unconcerned
when they hear of this sex play, you may claim to be free from it. But in the entrance
examination into this kingdom, I have each paper for a subject on your examination. And you
must pass all these papers before you gain entrance into it. You have to pass through
successfully in all these qualities of the Kingdom, because the one who says you should not
commit murder is the same one who says you must not commit adultery. Therefore, if you
commit adultery but you do not murder, you are not free. And if you murder but do not commit
adultery, you are not free either. This is the way we are on.
Physically, I would regard this matter ofholiness as a very strong subject in this examination and
of the hardest quality which, if you fail, you cannot sit for other papers. Some of you are
thinking of building a house for God, buying God a motor car or preparing a palatable soup for
Him. He does not require these. What He wants is for you to be holy.
Many people are of the opinion that the work of the Holy Spirit ended with the apostles. Of
course, it might be so, because it was the apostles who maintained holiness, and after their death,
there was no more holiness in the world. Others say that women have no chance in this
Kingdom. This is not true. In this kingdom, there is room for women, men and children, but
how will they enter? Unless they are holy.
Brotherhood of the Cross and Star wants those who are holy. Come forward all of you who are
holy. Use your money to feed your family. We do not need your handsomeness or beauty, we
do not need your motor cars, use them with your family, but we want all members to be holy
because we are holy. Brethren, let us look into our second lesson, because the second lesson will
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help you since it was meant for you to be helped. But, if you are not helped by the second Bible
lesson, Christ will pass through notwithstanding.
Second Bible Lesson: 1 Corinthians 7:29
"But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be
as though they had none."
This is the way of salvation for you. It says that the time left is short and you must take stock
now. This does not mean that since you have heard this gospel, on reaching home, you divorce
your wife or husband. It is not so. You are to live to~ether as married partners. live to~ether.
sleep together and walk together, but without any sexual relations, if you do so, it means you
have defiled yourselves. Continue staying together, share conversation, go for ministry work
together and in your secular work, but do not defile yourselves by having sex. Why? Because
the Holy Spirit is the Bridegroom. If your body is not holy you cannot walk with the Lord and
you are not joined to the Lord.
I am not talking about the worldly kingdom. I am concerned about the kingdom of God that is
here. All those who hope to remain in the kingdom must be holy in all their conduct, because the
one who is in your midst is holy.
There are two major problems before everyone of you now. I am going to unfold them to you.
The first one is, if a man and a women do not have sex, how will they multiply and fill the earth?
At that, I am equal to the task. I, therefore, put before you the case of Mary, the mother of Jesus.
If it is the will of God that people should multiply, then, He will send the Holy Spirit to operate
on women and they conceive and brini forth holy children of God. That number one problem is
solved for you, because the people of the world will challenge you after hearing this gospel.
They will say that what your Leader said is not practical. That is the answer you must give them.
Joseph was the hJlsband. They did not defile themselves. They remained as sister and brother,
and that was what made it possible for the Holy Spirit to rest upon Mary and she became
pregnant and brought forth a holy child of God - Jesus Christ. May our golden text be read.
Golden Text: Revelation 14:4
"These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they
which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goethe These were redeemed from among men,
being the first fruits unto God and to the Lamb."
Let this gospel not disturb your minds. Because it is not everyone that will receive this gospel
but only those given the ability and Can make room for it. For what is impossible to man is
possible with God. 1t is true that from the beginning of the world, and in any generation, there
has never been a man and woman who stayed together as husband and wife and had no sexual
intercourse. But what is impossible with man is possible with God. In the name of our Lord
Jesus Christ. Amen.
This is not a matter of self-righteousness. The 144,000 did not defile themselves with women or
men. They are said to be virgins. They kept following the Lamb no matter where He went.
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They were without blemish. After the 144,000 have been selected, you who remain outside this
number, if you like marry twenty or forty wives, if you like practice fornication or for the worse
go into prostitution, all for you. But one thing you must know is that all those who will walk
with Jesus Christ our Lord do not defile themselves with women or with men.
You who now say Oh, if I had even got a child, just one, or that I have enjoyed life a little and
you decide to do so now, supposing the number required is completed, what will you do? This
kingdom requires self-denial, and self-sacrifice. It does not require your riches. Therefore,
brethren, I do not want to be tedious with you because I hope to discuss further with you daily on
the vital qualities of this kingdom. Throughout the Pentecostal Assembly we shall analyze to
you these qualities one after the other, so that you may know what is required in this kingdom.
God is not a respecter of persons, The Leader that you are seeing now had been an eunuch and in
absolute celibacy. He did not eat any food prepared by a woman and had nothing at all to do
with any woman. Therefore, if God did not now see, who are you that God will take notice of
you, when you indulge in fornication and loose conduct and you hope to enter the kingdom of
God. You cannot enter. Brethren, I do not intend to go further with you. Those who have ears
to hear, let them hear. Let God bless His Holy Words. Amen,
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.0. -OliO: He is not acarnal being
Des has solutions toIn Brotherhood of the
Cross and Star, the Holy
Spirit has solutions· to
man's inexplicable pro­
blems and those who go
to the Hospitals when
they are sick should first
dig their graves and pre­
pare their coffins be­
cause their deaths are
imminent.
This remark was made
by the Sole Spiritual
Head of Brotherhood
of the Cross and Star,
, Leade'r O. O. Obu
while advising the con­
gregation at the end of
the April Pentecostal
recently.
The Leader said that
those who do not have
faith in God used to
allow littl~ problems
all problems
like sickness to lead
them from the path of
righteousness and
cited the case of King
Hezekiah whose King­
dom, threatened by the
King of Asyria, prayed
to God and incidentally
propbet Isaiah predic­
ted me fall of the King
of Asyria and his sol­
diers which eventually
came to pass.
He also mentioned
the case of Adim and
Agwagwuna communi­
ties who had been
fighting over a parcel
land for a decade
without solution, but
which the Holy Spirit
has now united
and pacified them as
an example of miracle
through faith.
He used the occasion
of the address to warn
against the introduction
of strange things, which
are incompatible with
the teachings an~ te­
nents of the Holy
Spirit, into Brother­
hood.
Leader Obu reiterated'
His earlier advise that
what is needed is love
for one another and
asked those who would
want to worship images
and portraits to find
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10. ncs has solutions to aU problems
C"/lrd. frnm pa~l' I
....Plllcrhing else and do
Ilr 1e:1 'r {he fold,
Referring specificall'
(0 (he recently unveiled
pnn r;u{ of the Holv
Queen Mother by the
Anamhra State Brethren
at Onitsha. the Father
strcs~t'd that II was
a strange introduction
aimed 3t polluting the
system of things In
Brotherhood and asked.
Apostle G. I. Ortiwu.
who caIaimed to h?ve
had a revelation to Un­
veiled the portrai[ to
do away with it because
it neither resembled
the Virgin Mary nor the
Holy Queen Mother.
Iburn Mha Olumba Obu,
On o'er~C3 evange­
lical (ours. (he Leader
ac:';'nowledged the pre­
senl economIc situation
in {he v..'orld and advised
that only those who have
rhe means should do
So and In ~ group of
{v.n or three members,
As a guideline. Leader
Oou said that foreign
eve:ngelists should not
indulge In the buying
and selling of prohibi­
ted trade articles.
smuggling, quarrelling.
fighting and any other
thing that will not glorify
the Holy name of God.
He also warned
a.k! <11 ns t rl'Iig i0 us.
higolrv and oUlrighr
condemnation of
churches. socielies J.,'hile
0n evangelical mission.
saymg rnat missionaries
sh~)uld only Impart the
t caching of love for onc
another wherever the
go •
Quoting 1st Cor.
1:19-24. the Father
said that those who
cannot undertake
foreign evangelical
tours should continue
in their housero-house J
evangelism in their locaJ
areas so that the work
of the Holy Suirit will
be accomplished before
Thank You Father.