"I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me. "

"For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him. ".

If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.

Our Lord Jesus Christ had said when He, the Comforter, even the Spirit of Truth will come, He will lead you to the accurate Wisdom of the truth. For He shall not speak of Himself but whatsoever He shall hear, that shall He speak, and He will show you things to come that the Father may be glorified. This is so because the world did not believe in Him.

The Theme of this gospel is: “THE STATEMENT OF DEFENSE.” Hitherto, you have been attributing the word in the gospel to Our Lord Jesus Christ, and you have been saying that He said one thing or the other. The texts read to you have proved you wrong. It is falsehood for any person to attribute any statement to Our Lord Jesus Christ. If you do this, you are a liar. Whatever statement is purported to have been made by Christ, He denied the fact, and has defended Himself that no statement should be credited to Him but all statements should be credited to the Father. The statements were the Words of God, and this is what I want to reveal to you this morning. When you go back home, read the passages again, you can read now and you will notice that He has denied completely that He made any statements. He did not make any statements, but all statements should be credited to God. He heard and spoke exactly as He says, “As I hear, I judge and my judgement is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of the Father who sent me.” He did not speak of Himself, but His statements were the Words of God.

I want to show to you the difference between the words of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and your statements and those of the whole world. Our Lord Jesus Christ was the mouthpiece of God, it was not his mouth but the mouth of God. And so all the words proceeding out of His mouth are the words of God. Only His words are the words of God. Any statement which proceeded out of His mouth should be credited to God, and do not say, Our Lord Jesus said it, but that God said it, because it is the Voice of God.(John 14:10-11). The downfall of the world arises from the erroneous belief of the people that the Christ was a human being and speaks like a human being, and for this reason, people rejected Him without putting His words into practice. Several persons rose up and formed their own statements according to men’s traditions and so rejected the words of God and rather went on to do something else.

You will appreciate the reason why people allege that He arrogated Himself the position of God. That He is God or anything, Our Lord Jesus Christ did not say that. But the words He speaks do not come from Him, but whatever he hears that He speaks. From where did He hear? It was the voice of God which He heard. What He said, therefore was the voice of God. I bring no other story to you at this end of time but the story of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and the salvation he has brought to the entire world.

People know Him as the crucified Christ, the one who died and shed His precious blood, but that is not the end to it. That is only a minor case, but what I want to impart to you is more important. Some people praise Christ for showing many miraculous feats, raising the dead, making the blind to see, the lame to walk, but this is not as important as what I want to reveal to you. If I begin to enumerate the various things, including the activities, accomplishments and feats emanating from Our Lord Jesus Christ, you will appreciate that until the world ends, nobody will be able to narrate fifty percent of the story of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

You are true witnesses to the fact that it is not an easy thing for any interpreter to interpret exactly what the Father has said. Listen to them and you will be able to determine whether they interpret what the Father has given. Sometimes the speaker gives two words, but the interpreter makes them three words. Sometimes I say five things but the interpreter will mention three. It is conclusive that it is not easy for the interpreter to interpret exactly what the speaker says, neither adding nor subtracting. Since the creation of the world, the first interpreter who speaks exactly the Will of God is Our Lord Jesus Christ. Interpreting the mind of God is the greatest of all assignments which any can undertake.

If he had not surrendered Himself completely, mortifying the flesh, forsaking everything and surrendering Himself to the Father who passes through direct without adding or subtracting, the world would have perished. If somebody commits any act of sin, maybe he is indebted to somebody or he has offended against somebody and you go to plead with the plaintiff to release him, if he is released, but you have not told him what he should do to avoid committing such offences, what good have you done to that person ? That is exactly what Our Lord Jesus Christ has done by redeeming us from death, from tribulation and affliction and from perilous world and slavery and has then opened a way of salvation for us by giving us the commandment, the instructions, the teachings of God, without adulterating them by adding or subtracting, but has shown us the path of rectitude through which the world can pass into salvation.

His Words are the Words of God, only the Words of God. If you make any other statements credited to somebody else, such statements cannot be the Words of God. The Words which proceed out of His Mouth are the only Words which come directly from God and which the whole world should listen to, and comply themselves with the instructions, in order to live. You should realize that from Genesis, all the prophets testified about him that when He comes He would lead the world into the Wisdom of truth. All what Moses had spoken, He collected from an intermediary. He received the ten commandments from the hands an angel. This indicates that he derived all his statements from the angel. If you search further you will also discover when he says that Moses collected the ten commandments from the angel but the people did not abide by the law. Even if you succeed in practicalizing all that Moses said, there would be no salvation.

You should also realize the reason that in Brotherhood of the Cross and Star, from 1st January to 31st December every year, we do not deal with the writings in the Old Testament scriptures but with the New Testament scriptures, which emanate direct from God. Whatever you read from the New Testament amounts to hearing from the horse’s mouth. Here lies the difference between Brotherhood and the world, but the direct Words of God which are responsible for the mighty work, the same is the Power of God, it is salvation and the Holy Spirit you have heard about.

People argue that the Power of God ended on the day of Pentecost with the disciples, there is sense in this statement because, Peter and John and the rest of the disciples applied only the teachings which issued from the Mouth of God in their daily lives. And the actions of Our Lord Jesus Christ confirmed that which was written in the Prophets, that God will teach them everything and those who have heard and learnt of Him, will follow Him.

Even with His Teachings and doctrines, they were bamboozled as they started to ask question, why is it that this man has never attended any school or college, He has never seen the four walls of a university, from where then did He acquire such recondite wisdom ? This is so because they decided issues according to the promptings of the flesh, but if they had lent their ears to Him, they would not have known that the words spoken by him were not the words of the son of Mary and Joseph but words proceeding out direct from the mouth of God. Realize that it is said blessed are they who have not seen and yet have believed.

Is it not surprising that upon the number of people who followed Him at first, sometimes the number was up to 5,000 sometimes 4,000, women and children not counted, they ate bread and fishes and were fed in various manners to their fill. On some other occasions the number was more than the five thousand but at the end only twelve persons were left behind. This goes to confirm the Scriptural passage which says many are called but few are chosen. Why did those twelve persons follow Him? It was because they believed in His Teaching, trusting that the words spoken by Him were not His Words per se, but that it was God speaking to them. Why did others desert Him? They deserted Him because He was the son Joseph, the carpenter, and His mother was Mary, why should they listen to such a fellow.

This explains why Our Lord Jesus Christ spoke to His disciples making reference to the Pharisees, the scribes, the Zealots, the Herodians, who sat in Moses’ seat, and advising them to listen to what they say but should not do what they do. “All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe and do, but do not go after their works. ”

This is the time to make you understand that there is no other Gospel apart from the Words which proceed out of the Mouth of Our Lord Jesus Christ, you must assimilate and practicalize these Words in this Kingdom. It is incumbent upon you and the world to practice them one after the other leaving no stone unturned.

Several persons have found and established church denominations but have they established the Word of God ? In these church denominations, they have founded, do they preach and practice the Word of God? He had made a statement to the effect that there is no other teacher, that there is only one teacher, and He is the Teacher and instructor. It is a pitiful situation and even perplexing to find someone who says he is going to study the Word of God for five years in the University. Sometimes it is said he has obtained a PhD, do you acquire the PhD degree in the Word of God ? If you obtain PhD in the Scriptures what has Our Lord Jesus Christ obtained? If you argue that you studied from the University in which University did Our Lord Jesus Christ study the Word of God? The first lesson will now be read, listen attentively.

1st Lesson: John 5 : 30
"I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me."

Brethren, have you heard what is read unto ? What do you understand by this statement of Our Lord Jesus Christ ? He says: I can of mine own self do nothing : as I hear I judge and My judgement is just because I seek not My own will but the will of the Father who has sent Me.”

You will realize that the Words of Our Lord Jesus Christ do not admit of man’s wisdom, or university knowledge or carnal words, but His words constitute the Voice of God and what God has said and the same He does impart. You cannot hear the Word of God from any other mouth except from the mouth of Our Lord Jesus Christ. All what were written in the New Testament consist of the Words of God. Do not preach the Psalms, Deuteronomy, or Ezekiel, but preach the New Testament which consist of words proceeding out of the mouth of God. Because all of them testified about Christ that when He would come He would teach them all things. That is to say, when God would come, He would teach them everything. We therefore have to comply with the instructions of Our Lord Jesus Christ as is contained in the New Testament.

I want to tell you why the Jews took up stones to stone Our Lord Jesus Christ. You will notice that if somebody comes into this Hall when the word of God is being delivered, he would listen to an interpreter and he will not even know the preacher. When the Word is delivered, the interpreter will be saying exactly what the preacher is saying and so it would be difficult to know the preacher. When such an interpreter is saying what he hears, people would accuse him of impersonating or regarding himself as God. The situation is that when you are interpreting what a preacher imparts, what else would you say, except the words of the preacher.

If you like experiment on this, if three or four persons are standing and you try to come in and a lecture is delivered and others are interpreting, you will not know the speaker because the interpreters will interpret exactly what the speaker has said and so it will not be that easy to know the originator or the word. So, it was with Our Lord Jesus Christ and they argued that He disgraced God and blasphemed against God’s name. How would he have disgraced God? This is erroneous. He was saying exactly what He heard from God, neither adding nor subtracting, whatever He said was the voice of God.

It is not easy to be truthful without rendering the word of God ineffective. That is why I say that the most difficult assignment is to interpret the Will of God, and that is the work which Our Lord Jesus Christ did. That is why also when people read books and pamphlets in Brotherhood, they quickly conclude that the Leader has made Himself God, because He always speaks in the direct speech, using “I,” not “he” as a third person pronoun. But He is only interpreting the mind of God which is invariably the Word of God. I am not speaking my own mind but the mind of the almighty God.

He says: “He who speaks of himself seeks his own glory, but he who seeks his glory that sent him, the same is true and no unrighteousness is in him.” The glory of God does not consist in money or clothing but in the word of God and the kingdom of God. The spirit is the word of God, and God himself is the word. Because in the beginning was the word, the word was with God and the word was God, and God is the word. Light emanates from him, both day and night emanate from him, life and other things come from him. Without him there is nothing made that was made.

2ND BIBLE LESSON: JOHN 3:34
"For whom God hath sent speaketh the Word of God for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him."

Brethren, have you heard what is read unto you? The word of God cannot be preached with your experience or carnal knowledge, it does not require your experience. Paul was a learned lawyer and he said: “For Christ sent me not to baptize but to preach the Gospel, not with the wisdom of words lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.” He continues to say: For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness but unto those who are saved, it is the power of God.”

We therefore have to preach Our Lord Jesus Christ because he is the model, the originator and founder of our faith. God used Him to reveal His life teachings, His statements, all the words which proceeded out of the Mouth of God, His sufferings, afflictions and tribulations and supreme sacrifice. These alone are what we ought to practice, preach, demonstrate and pass on to others.

Mention any church denomination which preaches the Lord Jesus Christ, mention any church denomination which practices Christ’s lessons and testifies about His glory, teaching and at the same time demonstrating exactly his lessons and doctrines. Have you not heard the text which says he whom God has sent speaks the word of God and God does not give him the spirit by measure? Realize that Our Lord Jesus Christ was sent by God and all he did were the instructions, all of which issued from the Mouth of God. He did not speak of Himself. All His actions were those of God. And He has enjoined that we learn of Him for He is meek and lowly in heart.

Preachers everywhere have persistently advised their congregation to practice what they preach and not what they do, but He says practice what I do and teach exactly what I teach, without adding or subtracting. He has taught us to love our enemies, to bless those who curse us and do good to those who hate us and pray for those who despitefully use us and persecute us, that we may resemble our Father who is in heaven. This is the directive of God. For God causes His sun to shine on the just and unjust and the rain to fall on the good and the evil.

God has taught us again that we should not resist an evil doer and if any person smites us on one cheek, we should turn to him the other cheek also. That is the lesson imparted to us by God and it is incumbent that we should put His words into practice, and not we alone, but the entire world. Again God has taught us that if any person wants to compel us to go a mile, we should walk two miles with him. He further taught us that if somebody should take court action against us to take our inner garment, we should surrender to Him also the other garment.

He has further taught us that we should give to him that asks us and to him who should borrow from us, we should not turn away. Have you ever found any prophet, or angel or that throughout the world, since the creation of man, that there has been any human being who has imparted such teachings?

GOLDEN TEXT: JOHN 7:17
“If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.”

Notice how Our Lord Jesus Christ has arranged His statements. If any man does His will, whose will? God’s will, he will know whether the Word come from God or whether I speak of myself. Since the creation of the world, he was the first man who could do the will of God. He came to the earth and did everything. He attributed everything to God: “The Father does everything.” But in your case, you will attribute everything to yourself, when you claim ownership of a building, when you do something you claim the glory to yourself by saying that you did it. You boast that you founded the church denomination, you claim to be the founder, where have you placed God? Right now, the markets are opened so sell your articles. You have founded churches everywhere and littered them in all the towns and villages, but now, go and practice the Word of God. Opening of a church is one thing but putting the word of God into practice is quite another thing.

John 7:18 He says, “He who speaks of himself seeks his own glory, but he who seeks his glory that sent him, the same is true and no unrighteousness is in him. Whenever I tell you that I am in the high heaven declaring any words to you, that it is God who speaks to you, you will argue that he has openly declared Himself God. Have the scales not fallen off your eyes? Have you heard what Our Lord Jesus Christ has said? For He shall not speak of Himself but what soever He shall hear, that shall He speak and He will show you things to come that I may be glorified.

I have come to reveal Our Lord Jesus Christ whom you do not know and you are always referring to Him as the Son of Mary and Joseph. I am coming to reveal His glory. This is just the preliminary stage of the revelation. I will so reveal Him to your own shame. And John said, “He who follows me existed before me, I baptize with water but he baptizes with fire and the Holy Spirit. Our Lord Jesus Christ says verily, verily I say unto you, whoever believes in me will do the same work that I do, indeed greater works than these will He do because I go back to the Father. You are aware that it is the Father who works, Jehovah God and His Christ also works, and the Holy Spirit works. I am not the doer because I am nothing, I do not seek my own glory. Have I ever preached to you that I am a prophet, or an Elder, or a Pastor? I am not. I only bring to you the gospel of God, to teach you, practice and demonstrate, reform you and tell you to retrace your steps. You have wandered wildly in the world, you should now return to the house your Father is preparing for you.

I have come to reveal Our Lord Jesus Christ whom you do not know and you are always referring to Him as the Son of Mary and Joseph. I am coming to reveal His glory. This is just the preliminary stage of the revelation. I will so reveal Him to your own shame. And John said, “He who follows me existed before me, I baptize with water but he baptizes with fire and the Holy Spirit. Our Lord Jesus Christ says verily, verily I say unto you, who ever believes in me will do the same work that I do, indeed greater works than these will He do because I go back to the Father. You are aware that it is the Father who works, Jehovah God and His Christ also works, and the Holy Spirit works. I am not the doer because I am nothing, I do not seek my own glory. Have I ever preached to you that I am a prophet, or an Elder, or a Pastor? I am not. I only bring to you the gospel of God, to teach you, practice and demonstrate, reform you and tell you to retrace your steps. You have wandered wildly in the world, you should now return to the house your Father is preparing for you.

Are the words of Our Lord Jesus Christ not manifested today when He said 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. Are these words not fulfilled today? I have come to reveal His glory. This is His glory, He it is who baptizes with the Holy Spirit and with fire. He is here now. Jehovah God and His Christ, The Holy Spirit, all the prophets of God are here and the children of God are here also, the apostles and the rest of them from Adam are present here.

Brethren, I have no intention of being tedious unto you, one stroke of the cane is sufficient for the wise. Those who have ears, let them hear. May God bless His Holy Words, Amen.

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