TEXT: Matthew Chapter 5 verses 1 to End.
And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him:
And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;
Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.
Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:
But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne:
Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.
Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also.
And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.
Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. (Matthew
5: 1-48).
The main reason why, you attend Bible class is to learn the lessons; so that, the worldly people will not have what to say; and when you stand to discuss with them, you would be able to surpass them. Have you not seen the tribulations, and afflictions affecting the whole world? Our Lord Jesus Christ did not come as a prophet. He came as a Teacher to teach the world, and to lead them. Why things are like we see now is, we have rejected the teachings of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
This same teaching of Our Lord Jesus Christ is repeated in this last era. It appears to me, you people come here for prayers, bread, butter and fishes. The troubles, difficulties or atrocities, besetting the whole world is, the people of this world have rejected the teachings of Our Lord Jesus Christ. You profess to attend Church services, but no person is prepared to practice the teachings of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Our Lord Jesus Christ was a great teacher. He continued to impart His lessons, as we are doing here.
Read Matthew 5: 2-3:
And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 5: 2-3).
ESCHEW ALL VICES, AND PRACTICE THE
TEACHINGS OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST:
Have you heard that? He was sent forth as a great teacher. In all His words, thoughts and deeds, He demonstrated His teaching unto the world, but every person, King, Emperor, Lord or Pauper and all the inhabitants of the world have rejected His own teachings. He did not establish any Church denomination. He did not establish a prayer house or healing home, but He came as a great teacher to teach the people of the world about the ways of God. The whole world cannot have peace, because they have rejected the teachings of Our Lord Jesus Christ. There will be no peace, because the world has rejected the teachings of Our Lord Jesus Christ. All the living lessons given to the world by Our Lord Jesus Christ, have been rejected, because the world prefers punishment and suffering to peace.
In this last era and in this new Kingdom of God, you have repeated what your forefathers had done. Do you also want to reject the teachings of Our Lord Jesus Christ, because most of you come here for prayers and blessings. That is why, you continue to ask your brothers, friends and relations to attend prayers, and receive the Father's blessings. It means, you are not prepared to receive the teachings of Our Lord Jesus Christ in this last era. Upon all the lessons I have imparted unto you, there is none of you, who is prepared to put these lessons into practice. Every person claims, he is going for prayers. None of you appears as people, who are going to receive a lesson from another person. You are behaving like beasts or animals; because, if somebody is going into a school as a student, he must be prepared to receive the lessons.
IF YOU REJECT THESE TEACHINGS,
YOU WILL LOSE THIS KINGDOM:
Your whole thought is, when you come in here, those of you who regard this place as an ordinary school in the world, all the lessons given to you, you would cram in order to reproduce during examination. There is no examination here, you are expected to put all the lessons you have received into practice. To be forewarned is to be fore-armed; because, if you reject any of these teachings, you will lose this Kingdom of God.
I have to use this opportunity to tell you again, Brotherhood is not a Church. You should not link it up with religion. You should not call it a Church denomination. You have stayed here for a long time, and enough lessons have been given to you to understand the real meaning of what is a church, what is a prayer house or what is a healing home, what is a religion or a church denomination. If you were to understand what Brotherhood is, in coming to a school like this, the highest of all the schools in the world, you would have come here with your notebooks and pen to write down all the lessons given to you. You say, you are attending a Bible Class, but some of you come without Bibles. You come and sit down here like children, who go to play in the sand.
If you were to know the significance of the lessons imparted to you in Bible Class, none of you would have stopped attending Bible Class. You would have come in here to receive lessons, and to live by these lessons; but a great many of you come in for prayers. If there is an announcement, the Father is going to bless people tomorrow, many people will drag their friends and relations to come and receive blessings. When it is Bible Class you stay at home, because you will not receive prayers.
PEOPLE HAVE SUFFERED BECAUSE OF REJECTING
THE TEACHINGS OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST:
Read John 12: 48:
He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
Brethren, have you seen why you have such heavy punishment in the world, why you suffer tribulations and afflictions and why you have difficulties and problems? The main reason why you suffer is, you reject Our Lord Jesus Christ and His teachings. You want to continue in your position of ignorance, you do not want to know anything. If you had wanted to know anything, you should have turned a new leaf.
Read John 6: 45:
It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
Who will be ready to tell me, if he will be able to qualify in any trade, if he does not learn by example. For example, if you want to be a qualified carpenter, you have to go to a workshop, and use the saw, and the plane, and all the materials in the carpentry workshop; in order for you, to be qualified as a carpenter. Can you show me any trade, you have not learnt, and yet you would be able to practice?
Why you complain, you have no patience is, you do not want to practice patience. Also you cannot love, because you do not want to practice love; or any other virtue of God. Everything depends on practice. All these virtues were taught to you by Our Lord Jesus Christ, but you rejected them. That is why, these lessons are being repeated in this last generation, so you may learn them, practice them and emulate the Teacher. Therefore, you have to put everything in this school into practice. Most of you have been here for more than five years, some of you have been here for ten years, but these ten years are nothing to you, because you would merely come here to play, and still cannot differentiate between the left and the right. Look at some people lying down there. They profess to have attended Bible Class. They are sleeping because they do not know why they are here.
When you were coming in here, which shows, you were coming for blessings, you dragged all your children, including your maids. When you come here to lie down, do you actually say, you knew, why you came here? You do not know the reason, why you should be here. Before you know anything, which you are going to learn, you have to know the reason why you are going to learn that thing, or your going there will not bear any fruit. Unless you know the value and the significance of the lesson you are learning, you would not gather anything, but would rather return empty-handed.
Read Matthew 5: 18-19:
For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
(Matthew 5: 18-19).
The Holy Bible you are using, on which we base all the teachings of Our Lord Jesus Christ, teaches us about the ways of God. These are the lessons I impart to you. All the things, which you are taught in this New Kingdom of God are drawn from the Holy Bible. In this last generation, whether you like it or not, you must learn the lesson, not only this lesson, but the lesson I have brought into the world, by myself, in order to lead you, to the wisdom of the truth. How will you know God, if you are not taught His own way?
YOU HAVE TO LEARN THE WAY OF GOD:
Read Acts 8: 27-40:
And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,
Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet.
Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.
And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.
The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:
In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.
And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?
Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.
And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?
And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest.
And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.
But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea. (Acts
8: 27-40).
Have you heard what is read to you? He did ask, "How can I know except somebody should teach me?" I am now asking you: "how will you know God, except you are taught?" "How can you be saved, except you receive and retain this teaching?" Unfortunately there is no place, no University, no Trinity college, no Bible college and no school that teaches the ways of God. I have said this because most of these professors in religion and Deans of the Faculties of Religious studies of various Universities from Edinburgh and Nigeria have come here; and when they come, they are very blank, very wanting. They do not know anything.
THERE IS NO NEED TO BRING CORPSE TO CHURCHES:
Read Numbers 6: 6-8:
All the days that he separateth himself unto the LORD he shall come at no dead body.
He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is upon his head.
All the days of his separation he is holy unto the LORD. (Numbers 6: 6-8).
Have you heard that? Now what you practice is, when somebody dies and is put in a coffin, you take the coffin inside the church and place the coffin at the altar, and say, it is coming to receive blessing. Show me where that type of lesson is derived from the Bible. Do you not see what is practiced in your forefather's churches, when somebody dies? They ring the bell intermittently until they bring the dead body inside the church and place it there. That chapter in Numbers has specifically told you, such a thing should not be done. You should not touch dead bodies, especially now that God has come down. Why should you carry dead bodies into the church? There is no need to bring such a thing inside a church.
You are expected to assimilate all the lessons given to you. If I really find out, you do not put these lessons into practice, you are going to revise, because there is no point your attending classes today, tomorrow you do not come in, because your lesson would not be continuous, and you would be wasting your time.
You are told specifically God is not God of the dead, but God of the living. Therefore you should not associate Him with dead things. It is said God is God of the living. But what happens with you? You always want to share God with the dead. Do you want to tell me, it was very good with a young girl that she chose to live with her father? What do you learn from the Epistle of Paul to the Romans?
THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH BUT
THE GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE:
Read Romans 6: 23:
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Have you heard that? Is God the God of sinful men? When you hear the word death, it means if you sin, you must die. It is imperative, when you sin, you must die. I teach you day by day, you should not sin so you may not die, but you continue in your sinful ways, and calling upon the Holy Father to help you. You are fornicating, stealing, telling lies, indulging in concoctions and charms, but you still call on the Father to help you. What actually do you mean? You are mixing the two things together. Very many people continue in their mistaken question, "Why is it possible that a person stays in Brotherhood for a long time, yet he is sick?" They further ask why somebody should die, when he is in Brotherhood. And I ask, "why should they not die, why should they not be sick?" Do you put the words of God you receive into practice?
TO BE CARNALLY MINDED IS DEATH:
Read Romans 8: 6:
For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
You are told to be carnally minded is death. What are you thinking of now. What is in your mind? Tell me what you are thinking of now. Is it not carnal things, material things? How you would build skyscraper, buy luxurious motor ars, how you would get so much money in the bank, and so on and so forth? When you are thinking about all these things, which way are you going? Are you not carnally minded? Which means, you have to die. Each and everyone of you has a request on the Lord's table. Every time that is what brings you in here. You are coming to ask for one thing or the other. You request for yourself, you request for your children, you request for your parents, you request for your relatives and request for your friends. The summary of it all is, you are beggars. If you were to regard this place as the highest institution in this universe, you would not come here as beggars because I have taught you repeatedly, and have emphasized, you should not beg. The scriptures have confirmed this, but you continue to beg. Were you not told this by Our Lord Jesus Christ according to what is recorded in Saint John's Gospel?
Read John 16: 12-15:
I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you. (John
16: 12-15).
Are you being taken by surprise? If you were to follow what is recorded in the First Step to God, put all those things into practice, and refrain from all those things, you should refrain from; and do those things, you have to do, then you would not have any problems. You would not be sick. There would be no death. There would be no poverty or wretchedness. In fact, you would be so elevated, you would walk above the ground.
Read John 13: 14-15:
We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
(John 13: 14-15).
LOVE ONE ANOTHER AS CHRIST LOVES YOU:
Have you seen that lesson which has been given to you by Our Lord Jesus Christ, you should love one another, even as he loves you? This means, if you love every person you have come out from death into life, there is no cause of stumbling whatsoever. You are always walking in the light, and therefore, have no trouble.
All those who hate their brethren have already prepared their coffins and graves; and so, they can die at anytime. You may have millions of children, a fleet of motor cars and skyscrapers, but once you hate your brother, you are but a few yards to the grave. Once you hate your brother, your name has been removed from the book of life. Therefore, you are at the beck and call of death at any time.
Have you ever noticed me telling lies? Have you ever heard, I bear grudge or malice against any person? Have you ever seen me being exasperated or annoyed with any person? Have I ever said woe unto you? Once you indulge in any of these things you are already dead.
You know about ghost, mermaid, witchcraft, concoction and charms and such like things, but fail to know, anybody who hates his brother is worthy of death. Who is the cause of your trouble? Before you left your house to come to the Bible Class, you quarrelled a little with your wife, you struggled with your children. Have you not been angry since morning?
I do not know why, you like to be concerned with other people's business? If somebody has his car and chooses to drive it backwards, is it your business? Even if he drives it sideways, what is your concern about it? If somebody buys his clothes from the market, he can choose to put it on the buttocks, on the neck, he can wear it anyhow. You have no reason to criticize or look at it. If somebody is able to put the words of God into practice, to show himself as a child of God, what business is it of yours? If another person is not able to practice the word of God, why should you be concerned about it? Have you heard, immediately you say unto someone, woe unto you, you have placed yourself under judgement? Tell me how you will quarrel with one another without saying to him, woe unto you, since you want to utter something from your mouth that will annoy that person; and that person will retaliate by uttering all sorts of things against you. When you utter things like these from your mouth, where are you? Are you not placing yourselves under the tentacles of death? Have you seen any person, who has committed a crime, and who had not already been angry? Once you are angry and continue to commit sins, the Holy Spirit has gone out from you, and so the demon will actually take possession of you. It is, therefore, not given to any person to be angry.
You should not call any person a stupid fellow. Do not say, "woe unto you." You should not say any type of cursing language on any person. Everyday you hold a very huge volume of the Bible, and when you are asked where you are going, you reply, you are going to Brotherhood of the Cross and Star, but you are still angry, still quarrelling, still fighting and still telling people "woe unto you." When you do and say all those things, does it portray you as a Brotherhood member?
Have you not realized, Brotherhood of the Cross and Star is no Church, not a prayer house, but it is a school, and I am coming to teach you the way of God? Human beings, the animals in the bush, the fishes in the water, the trees in the forest, creeping things, angels; in the Hades and everywhere, I am coming to teach all the inhabitants in all places of life, these teachings. If you put them into practice, you will be elevated and you will have joy.
Read Matthew 5: 19:
Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
What are these laws?
Read Proverbs 31: 1-7:
The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.
What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows?
Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more. (Proverbs 31: 1-7).
DO NOT DRINK AND DO NOT OFFER WINE:
You must not drink anything called wine. It is not in our program. In fact you should not know that language at all; whether hot, strong or soft drink, you are not expected to take any of them. In this New Kingdom of God, it is sinful to drink. I have not given my orders yet. If I give the orders, any person seen with a cup of wine, would not be a Brotherhood member.
Have you heard the instruction of God? I am emphasizing all those instructions. I am here to confirm them. You should not drink anything at all, whether it be palm wine, whether it is cocoa cream, kola, whiskey or anything made from sugar or saccharine. Anything called wine, you are not expected to drink. If you drink, it means, you have not been born again; and whatever happens to you, you have yourself to blame.
Read Numbers 6: 1-5:
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the LORD:
He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.
All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk.
All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the LORD, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow. (Numbers
6: 1-5).
After reading that lesson you will know where you stand. You claim to be a Brotherhood member. Some of you claim to be Pastors, Evangelists, Apostles and Prophets; some Students and Christ Servants, yet you are still drinking. When that text is read to you, you will know your empty position.
Did Our Lord Jesus Christ set the commandments aside? Have you read anywhere in the Bible, Our Lord Jesus Christ has set aside the commandments of God? I am here to confirm them.
If you continue to drink, you are dead and have a mark on your forehead inscribed 'C' which means condemned. The angel of death is always there to snatch you at any time. Any person who drinks is a slave to Satan. He can deal with you any how, and you have no opportunity to ask him any question, because you are his slave. Therefore, he has the effrontery to kick you anyhow. Have you ever seen a drunkard doing any useful thing or anything good? He sets a house on fire, quarrels, fornicates and steals and can go naked, because he is a senseless person; and therefore, can behave anyhow.
All he knows is to go to his office, collect his salary, and will not reach home, but will remain in a drinking parlor, and his disciples will be there with him. He would order for bottles and bottles of drinks and will drink until he would not know how to put on his trousers again. He will begin to fumble and after finishing his salary there, he will go home empty. The women in the hotel would study him; know, such people are intoxicated, they would go to entice him, and when they realize, he does not know themselves, the women would put their hands into the man's pockets, and remove all his money.
Since these men do not know themselves, they would go away and the following day they would put their hands in their pockets, and when they do not find any money they would say, it is wizard, juju and mermaid that have removed their money.
Tell any person in the world, if any person has in his mind to come to Brotherhood, he should not drink again, whether strong or soft, hot or cold. Right now the worldly people know, we do not drink and do not buy drinks for people. Whether in your office, your houses or at any place, you are not expected to drink nor should you buy drinks for people.
From time to time, I do give you these lessons, you have failed to comply with the instructions given to you. If your brother had the intention of coming to Brotherhood and yet he is still drinking, you should allow him to stay on and drink. When he comes in here, he has to take all the papers in the examination before he can be promoted. If he continues to drink, it means, he has not passed that paper, and cannot be promoted. That is why, the people of the world are abusing members of Brotherhood and the Holy Father and say all sorts of things, because they have stopped the people from drinking.
Read Habakkuk 2: 15:
Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
Who has said these words? Is it not God? Did Jesus Christ set aside these words. He did not set them aside but confirmed them, and I am here to confirm these same words. If you see any person who buys drinks for other people, you should pray for such a person. If you indulge in giving drinks to people, pray for yourself. Some people in Brotherhood say, we cannot do without, we must give drink, because we are business people. Does God know business people? Some people say, they are Civil Servants and the position they occupy is such, they must give drinks to people. Have you heard what is said there? It is said, "woe unto you."
I do not think, there is any position in the whole of this universe, which is up to one ninetieth of my own. Have I ever given you wine to drink? Have I ever told you to bring drinks here? If you see, wine is not good, why do you give it to other people? If there is anyone of you who recommends drinking of wine, I want you to prove to me and others the importance of drinking right now. You are the temple of the living God. Therefore, if you take a sip of wine, the smell, or odor that comes out of it, you have already defiled yourself, and you get punishment.
Instead of going to preach to people in your homes, offices, market places God wants them to refrain from drinking, smoking, stealing, giving and taking bribes, fornication and all other vices, you go about shouting, Olumba Olumba Obu is Jehovah God, He is Jesus. Have you ever seen Jehovah?
Read Matthew 5: 17-18:
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
(Matthew 5: 17-18).
Most of you are here today, because Men's Fellowship wants to hold its Anniversary. After today, most of you will not come here again, for the next one year. This is a place you should be begging the Father to give you admission; so that, you may come in here every time. Is there any need, for somebody begging you to come in here? It will not be long before this place will be occupied by the whites; those who know the importance of coming to Bible Class, and receiving this lesson.
Have you heard what the Bible says? Later on you would go about distorting facts and saying, the Holy Father says this and that. I have not said anything apart from confirming what is written in the Bible.
What do you preach? What has been your job? Right now, you have so many people drinking, and the so called church dignitaries drink everywhere. If you go out now you would see many people drinking. That is an opportunity for you to go to those places and preach to them, it is not good for them to drink. Go to the Bishops, the Pastors, the Evangelists and tell them, they should not drink, they should not snuff, they should not smoke.
When you enter into somebody's compound, you would say, "I am coming to give you prayers." What sort of prayer is that? If you give somebody the words of God, you shall have healed him. The single word of God he has heard will become a prayer for healing him. They do not actually need your prayers. What they actually require is the word of God. That is what will heal him and will give him comfort. Right now people claim, God helps those who help themselves. What about the writing in Exodus. Was that particular Chapter set aside?
Read Exodus 20: 1-26:
And God spake all these words, saying,
I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the
sabbath day, and hallowed it.
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Thou shalt not kill.
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Thou shalt not steal.
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.
And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.
And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.
Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.
An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.
And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.
Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon. (Exodus
20: 1-26).
Have you heard the words of God? What about you now? You say, you have got traditions, and you do not want to deviate from what your fore-fathers had done. You want to keep that tradition and worship those idols and continue in their old ways, but have you heard the instructions given by God from the beginning of time?
Right now in the various church denominations a preacher would stand in the pulpit and preach, God helps those who help themselves. When they say this, does it therefore mean, that passage of the Bible has been extracted; which says, "Thou shall not have any likeness of anything, Thou shall not make unto thyself any graven image." Does it mean, that portion is now taken OUT when you begin to say, when God helps you, you help yourself?
Here is another law, "Honor thy father and thy mother that thou mayest live long on this earth." Right now, do you honor your parents? You are scolding, insulting and abusing them. You should understand, if you do not honor your father and mother, your living days on this earth will be cut short.
Read Matthew 15: 4:
For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
These are the lessons you should carry to people outside, teach the Brotherhood members, teach your father, mother, children, wife, brothers, sisters, friends and all the churches, in the market places and offices. Tell them, it is the fullness of time, they should put these things into practice.
Read Ephesians 6: 2-3:
Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. (Ephesians 6:
2-3).
PREACH TO ALL, TO ESCHEW ALL VICES, AND HONOR ALL:
These are the lessons you should teach to the people outside. Do not invite people to come to Brotherhood, and do not tell people, you are a Brotherhood member. Do not condemn any church, rather you should go and teach them not to drink, smoke, snuff, fornicate, and not to commit any of the vices. Go to the schools and obtain permission from the Headmasters that you are coming to teach the words of God. Tell them not to drink. Go to the Courts and to the Governor's Office, Government Departments, Firms, Market Places and everywhere, and teach the people the lessons which you have been given this night. Tell all and sundry, they should not drink, fornicate or indulge in any of the vices, because this is the fullness of time, and unless they are careful, they are bound to be destroyed.
You should go from house to house and preach to the wives to be submissive to their husbands. Tell them, it is not good for the married women to commit adultery and fornication; and preach to the men to love their wives, and to keep steady with them at home. If you do this you will see, you will be invited by people to come and preach to them.
Churches, schools, and market men and women will also invite you to preach to them. There will be nowhere, you will go to preach, and people will not accept you.
Your trouble is, you have indulged in concoctions and charms, therefore, people are prepared to beat you up, to kick you and to do anything with you. You, therefore, cannot ask any questions, because you are a slave to them.
Read Acts 7: 40-42:
Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?
(Acts 7: 40-42).
Have you seen why you suffer? It is because you go to the soothsayers, the necromancers, the herbalists and juju doctors to prepare charms, talisman and concoctions for you. When you do, God surrenders you to those, who will torture, punish and oppress you. The other way in which you receive punishment is that from the day in which you decide to take care of yourself, and protect yourself, and you want to become a man, and look for protective charms, to guard yourself against any charm from any person, you are given up to the person, who will torture you.
Read Romans 1:21:
Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
Go and preach those things to the people of the world. The field is all white but there are no laborers. When you preach these things to them, they will be silent. Have you heard what is said about soothsayers and necromancers? If your father, grandfather, uncle or brother is a necromancer or soothsayer, he is already dead, he is a man of destruction and a child of perdition. He cannot see the light of day, because he is a drunkard, he snuffs and smokes, and also indulges in concoctions and charms and therefore he is not fit to live. He deceives and is an extortioner, and is not fit to live.
Read Revelation 21:8:
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake, which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
Have you seen the reward of those people who say, let us go and meet the soothsayer, the juju doctor or let us go to consult oracle and see what will happen? Have you seen where they will be? There is no salvation for them.
RECONCILE WITH YOUR ENEMY BEFORE YOU PRAY:
Read Matthew 5:23-26:
Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;
Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing. (Matthew 5:23-26).
Why do you profess to be a Brotherhood member, when you bear malice against your brother, you do not exchange greetings, and you are always fastidious against the other person? What type of Brotherhood member are you? It is because you, who come here, refuse to put the words of God into practice; that is why, people blaspheme against the ways of God. You bear malice against people. You quarrel with people in the compound. There is no peace in the family. Your nearest neighbors are at daggers drawn with you.
You quarrel with every person, yet you come in here and struggle to pray. When you stand up to say, "let thanks and praises be given to God," to whom do you want to pray? You should shut up and go and sit down until you settle your dispute with your brother first before you come in here to pray. Have you seen your troubles?
It does not appear to me, you desire to receive the words of God. You are only coming here for bread and fish. You come here so that you may get children, wife, husband or so that you may not be sick, and get all such carnal things. You do not really come here to practice the words of God.
Read Colossians 3: 9:
Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
Those who have ears to hear let them hear. May God bless His Holy Words.
Amen.
THANK YOU FATHER.