THE IMPORTANCE OF VISIONS AND DREAMS AND PROPHESIES

FIRST BIBLE LESSON: MATTHEW 1:24-25

"Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife: and knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name Jesus."

SECOND BIBLE LESSON: MATTHEW 2:10-11

"When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts, gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.

GOLDEN TEXT: LUKE 2:7

And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them at the inn.

Brethren, I teach you these things every year, every day so that you will know who God is, what he wants and how to worship him. The gospel also reveals to you what God's plan is for mankind.

A local adage says that a well fed man carries his load with all amount of ease. It is also said that counting starts with zero. Many people do not believe in dreams and visions. But whether you believe or not, the truth is unchangeable. The birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ was first seen in a dream. Before anything happens to you, it will first be revealed to you in a dream.

What is the Kingdom of God? It is harkening to the truth, to the true message that is given to you. If you do not harken to the truth you cannot inherit the kingdom of God. Whatever is going on in Brotherhood now had been prophesied by Deaconess Ebong in 1958. Many people did not believe in these prophesies. It is rather pertinent to believe what you see in dreams than what you see in this physical realm. When Joseph was worried over the pregnancy of his newly married wife, for which he was not responsible, he was warned in a dream not to divorce the woman, but to keep her because she conceived by the Holy Spirit.

What is called spirit is what you see in the dream. The spirit also is the kingdom of god and is God. You therefore have to believe all the dreams you have. Secondly, the Holy Spirit can do and undo. Joseph was newly married and had not yet slept with his wife when she got conceived. Men always claim responsibility for every pregnancy. The Holy Spirit can also cause a woman to be pregnant. Right from the time of Adam, there has never been a time when the Spirit was not in existance. There has never been a time when dreams and visions ceased to exist. But the problem is that man has found it difficult to believe dreams and visions. Now is the time therefore for us all to believe in dreams and visions. Many of the things people do are not done in this physical realm.

Before anything is manifests itself in this physical realm, it would have been revealed in the spiritual realm. For instance before 1974, no photographer was able to take a picture of the Father and have it developed. The negative must certainly become plain paper.

It was not until it was revealed by Deaconess Odudu that as from 1974 the production of the Father's pictures will be made possible, before people began to produce the Father's pictures. At that time many people did not believe that revelation, especially as they had tried and failed. Today, has that revelation not materialized? The Deaconess also prophesied that the Father's pictures will sell like hot cakes. Today many people trade on His post cards and are really doing good business.

The question now is, what is vision, dream, and prophecy? It is a divine revelation of the future events in sleep or in trance, a prophetic utterance or a prediction. It is the spirit alone that is capable of revealing one to as many people as possible and without any mistake. Can you say which is first, this physical world or the world beyond? The realm beyond has been. That is why when you are sick you will first of all see yourself being healed in the dream or vision. People could come to you physically and pray for you or administer any medication yet you do not get healed. But the moment you see people surround you and pray for you, you wake up and find your sickness gone. It is said that God is Spirit and they that worship Him must worship Him in Spirit and in Truth.

To worship God in Spirit and in Truth implies hearkening to the word (of God), which is itself Spirit. If you obey visions and dreams, you will obey God. Many people encounter problems and difficulties because they disobey the voice of God through dreams or visions. That is why when Joseph was instructed in the dream to take his wife he obeyed when he woke up. He did not report the matter to any person or seek to disgrace or denounce the baby. Some of you would have consulted oracles or soothsayers to find out who was really responsible for the pregnancy. This is therefore brought to your notice so that you do not err when such a thing happens to you. All the visions and dreams you have had will not fail to manifest. If you hearken to the words of God you would have no problem. If you are not led by the Spirit you cannot be the child of God. If Joseph had disobeyed the voice of God, Mary would have been killed to fulfill the law and tradition then. Mary herself got the message of her pregnancy and the birth of a Messiah from an angel. An angel also was sent to Joseph to instruct him to flee with the little child and the mother. If it were you, you would have disobeyed. You have to obey God, the medium He talks to you notwithstanding. He has the power to do and undo. He is everything in all things. If, therefore, you do not believe dreams, visions, and prophesies, what do you think of yourself?

First Bible Lesson: Matthew:1:24-25

"Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto Him his wife: and he knew her not till she brought forth her first born son: and he called his name Jesus."

There is no other way you could develop your luck, your fate and your faith in God except through dreams, visions and prophesies. God is with you, with me, and with every person. The problem is that we do not believe in Him nor do we harken to His instructions. The Second Bible Lesson teaches us the ways and manners we can know God, serve Him and inherit His kingdom. How come that people who were far away in the North, South, East and West were able to know of the birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ and went to worship Him, but people there in Jerusalem did not know ?

The wisemen were able to know about the birth or Christ because they believed in the dreams and visions. That was why immediatly they saw that sign they obeyed and followed it. God can talk to you through visions and dreams. He can also talk to you physically as you are hearing now, that you should flee fornication, stealing, hatred, drinking, smoking, etc. WHEN THE WISE MEN SAW THE NEW BORN CHILD, THEY WENT ON THEIR KNEES AND WORSHIPPED HIM. But when the people of the world see you worship God in that manner today, they say that it is man that you worship. When many of you are told to knell down and knock your head, you refuse to do so. THE WISEMEN WERE SETTING A GOOD EXAMPLE FOR ALL FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST TO EMULATE. But instead of following that example, the so called followers of Christ disobey and exalt themselves. If somebody accuses you of worshipping a human being by bowing down and knocking your head always refer such a person to the action of the three wisemen. There is no portion in the Bible which indicates that a true worshipper of God asked for food, drink and other material things. Matthew and some of the disciples forsook their wealth and families and became disciples of the Lord. That is how it should be with a true child of God. Many people, instead of using their wealth for God's service, come to God to get things from him. The only way you can worship God is to use your wealth for God's services.

The scripture says that it is more blessed to give than to receive. Therefore any person who claims to worship God but goes about requesting for houses, cars, husband, wife, and other material things is a liar and a child of perdition. Faith without work, it is said, is dead. If you claim to have seen God face to face, yet you go about stealing, deceiving, quarrelling, fighting, and coveting, you are a liar and a child of perdition. All those who have seen God face to face forsake all their wealth and surrender their lives unto God. That is why it is said that other than faith, no one can please God. Anyone who believes in God knows that whatever he does unto God he will receive it back a hundredfold. When you hear that it is more blessed to give than to receive, the meaning is that you stand more abundantly blessed if you use your wealth for the promotion of God's services. The three wisemen have taught us the right way to worship God: TO BOW, TO KNEEL, AND TO KNOCK YOUR HEAD. Many of you do not care to accord the Father the honor and reverence. You take any posture while talking to Him. Is that how to worship God, the very God you claim to have seen face to face?

Herod did not want the new born king because he did not have the spirit, and he did not know Him. Therefore any person who behaves anyhow and talks unguardedly does not see the Lord, does not know Him and does not believe in Him. The meaning is that your faith is without works. When you say that you want to work for God, can you work for God without having faith in the first place? You come to God to claim you want to serve Him only when you are poor, naked, and hungry. You need God at that stage so that He will help you and not because you are ready to serve Him. If you claim to know God, but you only come to him for food and shelter, and clothing, where lies your work? If God gives you all those things what then will you give to Him?

We have to emulate the three wisemen and learn from them. God does not need any other thing from us other than to worship him and obey Him. He has come to help us and to redeem us. He has come to shower His blessings upon mankind. His grace is sufficient unto all whether you worship Him or not. But to come to God so that your sickness will be healed, so that you will be enriched and so on, means that you do not know Him and do not believe in Him. For one to claim that he has seen God is one thing and it is another to worship and glorify Him. Whoever knows God does not ask anything of Him because such a person knows that God's grace is sufficient unto all and His blessings are abundant. Your faith has to be tested and proven through your works, otherwise you are empty Even though God does not need your money and wealth, you have to show your appreciation and thankful heart in kindness and dedication.

When God requested Cain and Abel to offer sacrifice unto Him, Abel used his fattest goat and Cain used the smallest. Because of that singular act God credited Abel with righteousness and blessed him. Who then tells you God does not appreciate any good thing done to Him? It is said lay your treasures in heaven where moth doth corrupt not and whence robbers will not break in and steal. You and God, who is the living treasurer? His advent had made everything clear to us about this kingdom. It is said, food was made for the belly and belly for food, but that God shall destroy both of them.

It is also said that God did not create the body for fornication but for Himself. God has come to bless His children in this last era and to lead them into His kingdom. That is why individuals who know themselves endeavor to serve Him by any means. That is why you do not have to persuade or force any person to serve God.

SECOND BIBLE LESSON: MATTHEW 2:10-11

"When they saw the star, they rejoyced with exceeding great joy. And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down and worshipped him; and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts, gold, and frakinsence, and myrrh."

I am going to explain once again the meaning of the three gifts. The Gold represents love; frankinsence represents power, and myrrh represents wisdom. That means that the spirit of God is the spirit of love, power and wisdom. If you say you are a child of God, the God of love, power, and wisdom, you should also be an embodiment of those qualities. It should therefore not happen that you are poor or defeated by the evil (and should be deceived by the three qualities to conquer the world). Your problem is that you have not got any of the three virtues. You are like a recruit into the army, who has no number for identification. If you say you are a Pastor or a Bishop, ask yourself whether you have love, power or wisdom. If you do not have these virtues what kind of Pastor or Bishop are you? If you want to compare these virtues with their carnal manifestation, you will notice that if you have wealth you can do whatever you desire. If you have power you can brave situations and remove obstacles. Also if you have wisdom, deceit, and difficulties will succumb to you. That is why God has overcome the world, and if you too have these virtues you will subdue the world. The most important thing in the kingdom is love, power and wisdom. That is why the world always gets baffled when they see everything in abundance in Brotherhood. They also wonder about the source of power in Brotherhood, why various miracles are performed in Brotherhood.

They also get astonished at the wisdom that is in Brotherhood. Where also can love, power and wisdom be obtained other than from God? LOVE IS GOD; POWER IS GOD; AND WISDOM IS GOD.

GOD IS LOVE, WISDOM, AND POWER. THESE THREE ATTRIBUTES REPRESENTS THE FATHER, THE SON, AND THE HOLY GHOST. THEY ALSO REPESENT LOVE FAITH AND HOPE. But have you got these three things in you? Therefore, if somebody says that he is servant of God, yet he is poor, is powerless, and is foolish and ignorant, is he a true child of God? The true children of God are identified with these qualities. That was why Christ was presented with these gifts which are the embodiment of God. That is why Brotherhood of the Cross and Star is endowed with love, wealth, power, (to heal, change, save, etc.) and wisdom (the accurate knowledge through supernatual teachings). You were heavily laden with various burdens, but God has relieved you of your burden and you are discharged with joy. That is why in Brothehood the moment you say LET, sickness goes away and problems go away. We therefore have to thank God for the Goodness and gifts Our Lord Jesus Christ has brought to us. He has brought us love, peace, joy, mercy, patience, prosperity, good health and everlasting life.

GOLDEN TEXT: LUKE 2:7

And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them at the inn."

That passage teaches us humility and meekness. It teaches us to give no regard for material things. That passage also reveals Brotherhood openly. Brotherhood is different and distinct and has nothing to do with the world. It is an indication of the fact that white and black activities or darkness and light can never be compatible, so also goodness and evil cannot abide together. The children of God are not of this world and they have nothing to do with the world. The world looks at you as fools and you also look at them with pity. Our Lord Jesus Christ and his twelve disciples went about preaching and doing wonderful works, yet the world did not know Him. He derived His joy in His Father's kingdom and went about doing His assignment. The world called Him all sorts of names, and did all kinds of evil things to Him, yet He did not relent in serving God and helping humanity. The world will not love you so long as you preach against it and you do not join them in their wrong doings. The children of God are humble and meek but the children of the world are arrogant, destructive and ungrateful. You as children of God should only help them but should not join them in their devilish activities. Humility is the cardinal virtue in this kingdom. God Himself is humble. The absence of Humility has caused all sorts of problems.

Therefore if you continue to associate yourself with the world you only invite problems onto yourself. God himself has already separated the sheep from the goats. If Our Lord Jesus Christ had mixed up with the world would he have been able to save mankind and establish this kingdom? Christ said, "And for their sake I sanctify myself, that they also may be sanctified through the truth." God has sanctified and separated you from the world. He is the truth and His words are true. As it was through the sins of one person that punishment came upon mankind, so also shall it be through the righteousness of one person that salvation will come to humanity. That is why are commanded to continue in righteousness so that God can use you to save your families and nations. MANY OF YOU WONDER WHY YOUR FAMILIES HATE YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS REJECT YOU.

THE REASON IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN SEPARATED FROM THEM AND YOU HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THEM. YOU HAVE TO CONTINUE IN LOVE AND IN HUMILITY. That is the essence of this kingdom. Your problems are traceable to disobedience and arrogance.

IT IS SAID THAT HUMILITY GOES BEFORE GLORY. THE MORE HUMBLE YOU ARE THE MORE THE FATHER WILL BLESS AND PROMOTE YOU.

May God bless His holy words. AMEN.

THANK YOU FATHER.

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