THE SIGNIFICANCE OF REVELATIONS

FIRST BIBLE LESSON: LUKE 1:30-31

"And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found favor with God.

And behold thou shalt conceive in thy womb and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name Jesus."

SECOND BIBLE LESSON: JOHN 1:32-34

"And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.

And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost, And I saw and bare record that that it is the Son of God."

GOLDEN TEXT: LUKE 4:17-18

"And there was delivered unto him the book of the Prophet Isaiah. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written...

The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the broken hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised."

DO NOT TOY WITH REVELATION:

Dear Brethren, the above text has gone a long way to confirm the fact that a country without a prophet perishes. This knowledge has been brought to you now. It has been made very clear to you that EXCEPT THE FATHER REVEALS HIMSELF TO YOU, YOU CANNOT KNOW HIM. IF THE FATHER DOES NOT REVEAL A PARTICULAR THING TO YOU, YOU CANNOT KNOW IT.

Most of the things that happened before and after the ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ were foretold by the Prophets. They did not believe that those events would certainly happen and of a truth all have come to pass as predicted. This was why Christ said: "Blessed are they that have not seen, and yet they have believed." (JOHN 20:29).

There is no doubt that whatever is happening now was meant to happen through the revelation of the Holy Spirit. Some of these events were revealed to the prophet Isaiah, many years ago. For instance, the coming of John the Baptist, his type of food, and his baptism were all revealed, and all that came to pass.

Malachi the prophet had earlier prophesied that prophet Elijah will come before the messiah. All these things were prophesied before they came to pass but the point here is that if the SPIRIT DOES NOT REVEAL ANYTHING TO YOU IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU TO KNOW IT. EVEN IF YOU SEE WITH YOUR NAKED EYES, IF THE SPIRIT DOES NOT REVEAL ANYTHING TO YOU, HOW WOULD YOU UNDERSTAND IT? NOTHING IS KNOWN IN THE FLESH, ALL THINGS ARE KNOWN IN THE SPIRIT BEFORE THEY MANIFEST PHYSICALLY.

The kingdom of God had for long been revealed in the spirit before its manifestation now. Remember the dream of Nebuchadnezzar about the reign of different kingdoms and the last that remained for eternity. THIS IS THAT KINGDOM. That is why many are not surprised to hear that THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS HERE ON EARTH. The cause of your blindness is because you have refused to believe in the revelation of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit, angel, and the children of God cannot be seen except in spirit. As I earlier said, everything must first take place in Spirit before it comes to physical manifestation.

Sometimes ago, Apostle/Evangelists Fellowship went on evangelical work and on the way, the vehicles they went with broke down. Just at a time when they least expected any help, a man came in a car and packed by their broken down bus and demanded that they should permit him to take the vehicle for repairs. They consented to his request. The man took the brethren to his house, took good care of them, and intimated them that it was previously revealed to him that he would see some people in white, they were encountering problems on the high way and he should attend to their need and care for them. That is all, what he did was in compliance with the revelation. Who do you think was responsible for that revelation?

YOU MUST BE IN SPIRIT AT ALL TIMES.

If you are in Spirit, God will reveal everything in Spirit to you. But when you are in the flesh you can never see the Holy Spirit. Do not say that, until God does a particular thing for you in person, you will not be convinced that he is God. REFRAIN FROM SIN, RECEIVE BAPTISM SO THAT YOU MAY BE ENDOWED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT, BEFORE YOU CAN COMFORTABLY SAY THAT YOU HAVE SEEN THE HOLY SPIRIT. Do not think that God will come to your house or reveal Himself to you when you are still in the flesh. If you think so then you are a fool. You should recall that it was revealed to prophet Jeremiah that a virgin would conceive and give birth to a child named Emmanuel. At this time, Jeremiah did not know the mentioned virgin. As a reminder, when the time came, an angel of the Lord, named Gabriel, went and informed Mary about the plan of God for her. This confirms the fact that everything must first happen in the Spirit before it manifests in the flesh.

It is surprising to see some member of this fold lacking in the gift of vision and prophesy. DO YOU KNOW THAT MOST OF YOUR PROBLEMS EMANATE FROM THE FACT THAT YOU DISBELIEVE IN THE REVELATION OF GOD?

GOD'S SUPREMACY ON EARTH:

Our Lord Jesus Christ was not known because of the healing He performed while on earth, but because of what was written about him. Until now, many people keep challenging God with certain demands and conditions to be fulfilled so that they can believe in Him. If that is your position, it means you are already lost. Do you think you can contest God's will? YOU HAVE PERISHED IF YOU DO NOT ACKNOWLEDGE GOD'S SUPREMACY ON EARTH. The confusion experienced by the entire world is as a result of people hoping in high and exalted earthly positions. You assume that the Holy Spirit will come and dwell in a mansion, cathedral, wearing a big crown and living in a well furnished mansion. But the reverse is the case. This is why it is said that the wisdom of God confounds man. It is an act of foolishness to say that you will only believe in God when he does one thing or the other. When many believed that our Lord Jesus Christ was the Messiah at his birth, what did He do at that tender age to merit the name Messiah?

The truth remains that it is only the Spirit who has to reveal Himself to you before you can know Him. With regard to many in this kingdom, the Father had revealed Himself to them at a very tender age. You do not need to be told anything about this kingdom, all that you need to do is to read the scriptures, find out what was written about THE PROMISED COMFORTER , compare it with what you have seen, it is only then and there that you will come to the perfect knowledge of this kingdom. Right now THE FATHER IS REVEALING HIMSELF TO PEOPLE GRADUALLY. IN NO DISTANCE TIME, EVERYBODY WILL COME TO THE REALIZATION OF THE EXISTENCE OF THE PROMISED COMFORTER ON THIS EARTH PLANE. God revealed Himself to Sister Marts right from the time she was three years old. At the initial stage, she did not understand the whole thing but as time went on, she was brought to the Father's presence where she found the very God she had been looking for. Since then she is no longer living according to the dictates of the flesh, but according to the Father's directives. She does not put her mind into the acquisition of cars, money, children, or wealth of any kind. She is content because she is sure of salvation, having seen her Comforter. You are merely fooling yourself, waiting for signs before you believe that there is God. When you claim that I have been a member of Brotherhood for ten years now, I have nine cars, children, wealth, good health, etc. and as such, I am convinced that there is God, are you not a fool to say that? What does God have to do with material things? Do you mean to say you are more interested in material things than in your life?

ACCEPT HIM NOW AND REPENT OF YOUR SINS:

Whoever the Holy Spirit has revealed himself to, does not desire for material things. And to them, eternal life is sure. I refer you to the Revelation of John about this kingdom. All that John had revealed about this kingdom have all come to pass physically. You have therefore no cause to be misled by any teaching. Read the revelation of John from chapter twenty two, you will realize that this is the time of the Lord. BECAUSE OF THE LOVE AND MERCY OF GOD FOR HUMANITY, HE IS GRADUALLY REVEALING HIMSELF TO PEOPLE IN DIVERSE WAYS. HIS ELECTS ARE COMING TO INHERIT THE KINGDOM WITH HIM. If you love yourself, hold on to your position, else you will miss the kingdom. You are doubting the Holy Spirit, what are you waiting for? THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME FOR YOU TO REPENT AND ACCEPT HIM WHOLEHEARTEDLY, FOR TOMORROW MAY BE TOO LATE, YOU MAY BE DESTROYED. If you claim that you do not believe in vision, what else do you believe in? If you are not convinced of the presence of God on earth through visions and prophesies why not the things you have seen with your naked eyes and those you have heard as testimonies?

Note that if up to this moment you are still a doubting Thomas on the activities of the Holy Spirit, you have already perished. God has always been using His prophets to reveal the future to His people. For instance, Prophet Isaiah prophesied about the coming of John the Baptist as the forerunner of Christ and it came to pass. He, God, also revealed to John the Baptist in the vision that whoever he baptizes and the Holy Spirit would descend upon such a person, that very person was the Son of God. If it had not been previously revealed to John the Baptist, he would not have known Our Lord Jesus Christ. Had Our Lord Jesus Christ not been revealed to the people, nobody would have known Him. He would not have been killed and the entire world would have perished.

As was revealed to John to baptize with water, it was also revealed to him that the person on whom the Holy Spirit would descend during baptism, would baptize people with and with fire. It is indeed a pitiful situation to realize that people still look for signs and wonders before they believe in the Holy Spirit. They want the dead to be raised, the sick healed, the poor made rich, etc.

They do not want to believe in the Holy Spirit, through the revelation about Him. It is rather unfortunate because these signs will not be seen. Everything about His coming had already been revealed before now. Whatever you witness now is the fulfillment of what had been revealed. Be informed, if you did not know that it was for the sake of identifying Christ that John had to baptize with water. This is so because it was an avenue for Our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed.

EVENTS IN THE WORLD ARE MERE MANIFESTATIONS OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLD.

How could Mary, a virgin accept to carry a pregnancy for nine months when she had no knowledge of a man? What would have forced her to believe that her protruding stomach contained a baby? She would have aborted it in order to avoid the shame of being referred to as a mother of a bastard and the subsequent repercussion of such sinfulness amongst the Jews. Since it was revealed to her, she did not have any fear throughout the period of the pregnancy. She believed in the prophesy that that which was in her womb was to be the savior of the entire world. If it were not for the sake that Mary was to deliver God, Mary would have been killed for being pregnant without the knowledge of her husband, for such an act was strictly against the law. Joseph ,the husband of Mary, had secretly threatened to divorce her but for the timely intervention of the Holy Spirit. An angel of God was sent to him as recorded in Matthew 1:20:

"But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost."

What you refer to as dream is communicating with God in the spirit- and it also what you call vision. If you were the one, would you have taken it to be true? Instead you would have accused your wife of infidelity.

You would now realize that the efficacy of vision, dream, and prophesy in the kingdom of God cannot be over emphasized.

Note that everybody that is here in this kingdom or will come in future had been ordained already in the Spirit. That is why once the time is near for you to identify with the kingdom, many would first see you in a dream or in vision. This physical world that you enjoy so much is only a stage, you are only passing through because your real home is the spiritual world. It baffles me to see that many, when they come here, they do want go to back to their home again, (i.e. Spiritual Home). What good thing do you find here on earth that could be compared to that which exists in the spiritual world which is our real home?

YOUR BODY IS AN EMPTY CASE:

Your real self is not the physical body, (the flesh and bones). The physical body is a mere case, a house in which your real person settles. When the spirit abandons the flesh, your entire system ceases to function and that is when you are pronounced dead. The physical death therefore means that you have departed this world to your real home.

Many people are ignorantly buried alive. That is when their spirit leaves the flesh, may be on a particular journey, the flesh is either buried or put in a mortuary by the people. By the time the Spirit comes back to find the body burnt, it goes back to the spiritual world where it originally comes from. This accounts for what I earlier told you that in time to come, we will build a place like a guest house. Whenever anybody's Spirit goes on a journey, the body or the case will be deposited there, so that anytime the person comes back, he will enter his case and continue his normal physical life.

The spirit is always around even at the time you claim that a man is dead. He is there listening to whatever anybody says. During interment, he is there with the bereaved at the graveyard. Before the Spirit departs the case finally, know that the case must have been completely defiled. It must have been left dirty, that is it stinks. Read the First Bible Lesson again.

FIRST BIBLE LESSON: LUKE 1:30-31

An angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found favor with God. And behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb and bring forth a son, and shall call his name Jesus.

BEWARE OF DIVINE REVELATIONS:

If you were Mary, would you have believed this? If vision is not good, how then would God have used it to inform Mary of what was to happen? Vision brings to your knowledge an event that is yet to come so that you will be alert. Through vision or dreams, nothing takes the children of God by surprise. Whoever does not believe in visions or dreams doubts the Spirit. Many situations which you would have brought under control, or completely averted, happen because of your refusal to believe in the spiritual warnings or advice in vision or dream. You cannot blame God for this because He must have revealed it to you but you refused to believe it.

FOR INSTANCE, NOBODY CAN ARGUE THE FACT THAT IT IS THE VIRGINS WHO WILL EVENTUALLY INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD, BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN REVEALED AND DOCUMENTED EVEN BEFORE THIS GENERATION CAME TO BE. I HAVE BEEN TELLING YOU BEFORE THIS TIME THAT YOU SHOULD SANCTIFY YOURSELF AND KEEP YOURSELF HOLY FOR GOD REQUIRES THOSE WHO ARE HOLY. WHOEVER KEEPS HIMSELF HOLY IS COUNTED WORTHY TO INHERIT THIS KINGDOM JUST AS IT IS RECORDED IN THE SCRIPTURES:

But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage. (LUKE 20:35).

THE MANIFESTATION OF PROPHESIES:

Do these things not come to manifest today? God has started selecting His elects, the children of God. You have no excuse to wait until a particular time. If you want to wait till all that has been revealed come to pass, then you will regret. If you are a doubting Thomas, pray fervently for a change of attitude or else it will be too late for you.

It is a crime to think that God is not existence, just because he has not revealed Himself to you. Seeing with the eyes before believing is dangerous for anyone who calls himself a child of God. That is why it is said:" Blessed are they that have not seen and yet they believe." (John 20:29).

You would recall that it was because of the revelation given to Mary by the angel that she did not leave the seminary for home even when she had completed her course. She believed in that revelation and really wanted to see to its fulfillment. If she had gone home, the mere fact that she stayed with her husband, even without any sexual contact, people would have disqualified her pregnancy or disproved the idea that he was conceived of the Holy Ghost. Also if she had gone home, she might have been obligated to have carnal knowledge with her husband, Joseph. Then the prophesy would not have manifested.

If I had wanted to follow your comments we would not have had a single virgin in this kingdom now. You complain that whoever is elected had had enough carnal knowledge. The question is, is the way of God known to man? God has His own way of electing his people and making them worthy instruments for His glory.

What was written in the revelation of John Chapter 14:1-4 has started manifesting today. The Father has gradually started the election of the one hundred and forty-four thousand virgins that will serve with him. It is needless for you to doubt visions or it invariably means you are doubting the scripture. Why are you still in doubt even after claiming that you are seen God? Having seen God, what good thing have you done to merit your claim of being a child of God?

DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT GOD CAN ONLY REVEAL HIMSELF TO THE PEOPLE HE LOVES? HOW DOES HE REVEAL HIMSELF TO PEOPLE? IT IS THROUGH THE SPIRIT. IF YOU DO NOT BELIEVE IN REVELATION, THEN YOU CANNOT SEE GOD. So much falsehood has overtaken the world that whenever you tell the people of the world the truth, they do not believe but they stick to the deceit. Whenever you tell them a lie they will regard you as an upright person and they will hold you in high esteem. The truth remains that you cannot be worthy except you keep yourself holy. The plan of God cannot be revealed to you except you believe in visions.

IT IS NOW OR NEVER:

A child that was born the very year the Father started preaching about the need for virgins in this kingdom has now become an adult. Nobody cares about preserving himself as a virgin worthy for God's purpose. Many had thought that it was impossible for somebody to be virgin. But today, as it pleases the Father, He has started raising virgins to Himself. The Father has accorded these virgins the status of His own children who will remain sole heirs of this kingdom.

The last thing in the scheme of things towards the full manifestation of the kingdom of God on earth was the issue of the children of God (virgins). That having been done, in no distant future, everything will take its rightful course as it pleases the Father. Many had hitherto concluded that the world is filled with corrupt people, that as far as the world is concerned none could be found to be a virgin. But I tell you that there are virgins even up to the number required by God, spread all over the surface of the world. They are waiting to be elected into the congregation of the saints.

When you say to yourself, I cannot refrain from fornication, adultery, and other sins, I must marry because my parents were married before I came into existence. If you belong to this group, you will surely die of fornication. What is your gain in committing sin? Before this period there have been several revelations about the coming of virgins into this kingdom.

It was specifically said that most of the virgins will be females. Whether you believe it or not definitely it will come to pass. Virgins are streaming into this kingdom from all nooks and crannies of the world. God is not a liar and His words are true. He had promised to provide for His services, virgins who will sit before Him day and night, singing His glory as it is written:

And I looked, and lo, a lamb stood on the mount Zion, and with him a hundred and forty-four thousand, having his Father's name written on their foreheads.

And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many water as of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:

And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand which were redeemed from the earth.

These were 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.

And in their mouths was found no guile, for they are without fault before the throne of God.

(Revelation 14:1-5).

Whatever you embark on that was not first revealed to you in Spirit is wrong and it cannot yield any fruitful result. If someone steals your property and in a bid to recover it you decide to fast without the directive of the Holy Spirit, it means you are wasting your time. You cannot get it back at all. But if the Holy Spirit directs that you should fast and in accordance you comply to His directives, surely your stolen property will be returned to you. Anything that is right in the sight of God must first of all be revealed to you in Spirit before it manifest physically. In other words, whatever the spirit wants you to do, He will first of all reveal it to you in Spirit. That is why it is said:

"Where there is no vision the people perish

But he that keepeth the law, happy is he."

(Proverbs 29:18).

EVERY EVENT TAKES PLACE IN THE SPIRIT:

If anything is not first revealed to you either in a dream or in vision directly or by another person, should you go ahead to do what pleases you, you have faltered. Why should you leave your house on evangelical work to a particular place you have specific interest in? Of necessity you have to seek the advice of the Holy Spirit before you can do anything. If you do anything outside the instructions of the Holy Spirit, you are bargaining for your self destruction. Without the consent of the Holy Spirit, whatever you embark upon, no matter how long it takes you to do, it cannot be successful. This wisdom is hidden to the vast majority of you. This accounts for most of your failures in life.

Everything that is done here in Brotherhood physically was first done in the Spirit. The election of the disciples, children of God, Students, Ordained Ones, etc. were first done in the Spirit before being carried out physically. Be informed the whatever does not exist in spirit is not in existence in the physical plane either. Read the Second Bible Lesson again.

SECOND BIBLE LESSON:JOHN 1:32-34

And John bare record, saying, I say the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.

And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.

And I saw and bare record that this is the son of God.

WE ARE KNOWN IN THE SPIRIT:

You would realize that nobody is known in the flesh except in the Spirit. God is not known in the flesh, the children of God are not known in the flesh but in the Spirit. If the Spirit did not reveal Him to John the Baptist, John would not have known Christ. Therefore you should note the wisdom of God in His way of doing things. John was the son of Elizabeth, while Our Lord Jesus Christ was the son of Mary, a sister to Elizabeth. This means Our Lord Jesus Christ and John were cousin. But in spite of the close relationship, John did not know Christ as the son of God until the time Christ was revealed to John as baptized Christ. If not, John would not have accepted Christ as the son of God, being that He was six months younger than John himself.

Many people did not believe that Christ was born, they were still expecting Him to come, may be from the sky. HOW CAN YOU KNOW GOD EXCEPT HE IS REVEALED TO YOU? IT IS SHEER FOOLISHNESS FOR A PERSON TO APPROACH THE FATHER ASKING: "ARE YOU GOD, ARE YOU JESUS?"

You would recall when Our Lord Jesus Christ asked His disciples whom the people thought he was. They replied some thought that he was Elijah, others said he was one of the prophets. They narrated the diverse opinions held by the people of Christ. Then He redirected the question to his disciples, asking them: "And who do you think that I am?" It was at this point that Peter revealed His identity. Christ then replied:

"Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my father which is in heaven."

(Matthew 16:17).

Before God, there is nothing as highly valued as divine revelations. WHO REVEALS GOD APART FROM HIMSELF? Therefore revelation is an act of God. Without God revealing any particular thing to you, you cannot know it. Revelation and God cannot be divorced, they are interrelated. WITHOUT GOD THERE CAN BE NO REVELATION AND WITHOUT REVELATIONS NO ONE CAN KNOW GOD.

Most of the times great men or God are directed to do a particular thing through vision. WHY SHOULD YOU JOKE WITH GOD, THE GIVER OF EVERYTHING AND THE DOER OF EVERYTHING? GOD HAS USED VISION SO MUCH THAT MANY HAVE NOT ONLY SEEN HIM BUT ALSO HAVE INTERACTED WITH HIM IN DISTANT PLACES.

THE PLACE OF VISIONS IN THE KINGDOM:

Note that these people have not for any day met Him here physically. You would also beware of a situation which you get to a community, you alone preach, sing and do all you can to keep a bethel going. Sometimes you even go the extent of establishing a bethel there but surprisingly nobody comes in there to worship with you. As it pleases the Father, one day somebody falls sick and is taken to different hospitals, and herbal homes but to no avail. His health keeps on deteriorating each passing day.

One day, the Father appears to one if the relations of the patients in a dream and directs him to take the sick person to the Bethel, that it is only there that he would regain his health. Immediately he is brought there, he regains his health and the story spreads to every nook and canny of the community. Before you know it the Bethel is filled to capacity with people. THIS IS NOT THE WORK OF MEN BUT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. In this case you cannot deny the fact that vision has much to contribute to the glory of God. Many who called themselves strong men of the world would not have accepted baptism into Brotherhood if the Father did not personally reveal Himself to them.

God in a bid to subdue the so-called great men of this world to worship Him, first of all has to deal with them in the spirit, cause them to repent, receive baptism and worship Him. It would not have been possible for people to know and worship God without the efficacy of visions. More than eighty percent of those who have seen God are in the Spirit, but they do not really understand Him, that is why they need you to come and tell them about the being who has revealed Himself to them in Spirit.

A LOT MORE HAVE KNOWN HIM THROUGH THE FATHER HIMSELF WHO OUT OF HIS LOVE AND MERCY PROVIDES THEM THE WISDOM TO UNDERSTAND HIM AS A RESULT OF THE SERIES OF REVELATIONS THEY HAVE ABOUT HIM. It is for this reason that sometimes you go on evangelical work to a particular place in which you feel nobody has ever heard of the Father. But before you finish introducing yourself to your host, the whole family would come out to welcome you. They would even ask you to listen to them for they know much better than you do.

Therefore brethren, vision is a very vital part of this kingdom, VISION LINKS YOU WITH GOD. ANYBODY WHO IS IN SPIRIT WILL ALWAYS HAVE A DIRECT LINK WITH GOD AT ALL TIMES. You will recall that when the Father appointed sister Etop as the Chairperson of International Visioners Fellowship, many did not accept her for the post. Many complained that she was not a visioner, but since the appointment was directed by the Holy Spirit, her achievement since then has been very impressive. God has used her in such a marvelous way to His glory. Whatever she embarks on now is directed by God because she does nothing on her own volition. Before ever she was appointed, she had the appointment revealed to her. She did not regard the revelation as anything serious but when she was finally appointed she recalled that it was earlier revealed to her. Her achievement is purely as a result of the influence of the Holy Spirit and His directives which she meticulously follows. You should know that whoever is not in spirit is governed by sin but the Spirit does not sin at all. If you are in Spirit, you will have a bright future and things that will happen will first be revealed to you. That is to say everything about the future will be revealed to you before hand. For instance, the plot of land which we now occupy as the headquarters of Brotherhood of the Cross and Star was first revealed twenty years before we came to acquire it. No doubt, if this place was not approved for us in spirit we would not have got it. THE FATHER KNOWS EVERYTHING AND HE HAS COMPLETE CONTROL OVER ALL PREVAILING AND PENDING SITUATIONS.

THE DEAD CONTINUE TO LIVE ON:

You have no cause to think or say that when someone is pronounced dead that he is no more in existence. He has only ceased to exist in the flesh, but he continues to live in the Spirit. When you hear about God being referred to as Omnipresent, you should know that it is in the Spirit not in the flesh. THAT IS WHY YOU HEAR PEOPLE COMING FROM DISTANT PLACES TO CONFIRM THE IDENTITY OF THE HOLY FATHER AS ONE THEY HAVE SEEN BEFORE IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNTRIES OR COMMUNITIES. BUT THIS IS THE SAME FATHER WHOM WE CLAIM HAS NOT TRAVELLED OUT OF CALABAR FOR VERY MANY YEARS NOW. THE AMERICANS, THE BRITISH, THE RUSSIANS AND PEOPLE OF OTHER NATIONALITIES HAVE ALL CONFIRMED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN SEEING THE FATHER IN THEIR COUNTRIES. THE WHOLE WORLD IS WITNESSING TO THE REIGN OF THE FATHER ON EARTH. I THEREFORE CHARGE YOU TO GO AND TESTIFY ABOUT THIS MIGHTY WORK.

You claim that you do not want somebody to give you vision, that you do not believe in vision. How then will you be saved? How will the secret of the kingdom and the plans of God about the future be revealed? I implore you to buy the publication, "I AM THAT I AM." In it, you will read about the Holy Spirit and vision.

GOD IS SPIRIT:

THEREFORE BRETHREN, DO NOT SEEK FOR GOD IN THE FLESH ANYMORE BUT IN THE SPIRIT. YOU CAN DO THIS BY SANCTIFYING YOURSELF AND REFRAINING FROM ALL MANNERS OF SINFULNESS. IF YOU DO NOT SEEK GOD IN SPIRIT IN ORDER TO GUIDE YOU, WHATEVER YOU DO IS IN VAIN. If you want to know more about this kingdom in details, meet sister Etop for everything about this kingdom has been revealed to her before this time. She believes same to be true and since then, she subjects herself to the control of the Holy Spirit. The problem of many people in this kingdom emanates from the fact that they do not believe in the Holy Spirit and as a result they behave according to the way it pleases them. If you have no knowledge about the Holy Spirit, pray fervently and sanctify yourself so that you may be endowed with the Holy Spirit. WHEN YOU POSSESS THE HOLY SPIRIT, MANY THINGS ABOUT GOD WILL BE REVEALED TO YOU. THE ONLY SCHOOL YOU COULD ATTEND AND RECEIVE THE TEACHINGS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IS BROTHERHOOD OF THE CROSS AND STAR. IF YOU ARE IN THE WORLDLY UNIVERSITY, IT CANNOT MAKE YOU KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THE INTRICACIES OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. WHOEVER IS A SCHOLAR IN THE SCHOOL OF THE HOLY SPIRIT KNOWS GOD AND GOD IN TURN REVEALS HIMSELF TO SUCH A PERSON. ON EARTH. BROTHERHOOD OF THE CROSS AND STAR IS THE HIGHEST SCHOOL OF LEARNING Two of our sisters, sister Etop and sister Marts are good examples of the students in this school. Initially they refused to embark on evangelical work because they wanted first of all to equip themselves with the teachings of the Holy Spirit before going into the field.

John was the son of a high priest, and as it was required of people at that age, John too was expected to get involved in the religious pactices of the time - they burned incense and offered burnt offerings. They knew nothing about baptism of water. But one day God revealed to John about the importance of baptism of water and God directed him to baptize people in the way revealed. You should remember that if John had not believed in the vision he would not have accepted to undertake the baptism by water.

Furthermore, if John did not accept to baptize with water, a thing that nobody since creation had ever done, he would not have come across a man whom the Holy Spirit would descend upon like a dove and said to be the Son of God. Again, if John did not baptize Our Lord Jesus Christ, He Christ would not have received the Holy Spirit and without the Holy Spirit descending upon him, He would not have started His ministry work on earth, and invariably the entire world would have been plunged into perpetual darkness and bondage. When you claim that Vision or prophecy is not important, what then would you say is important?

The work of John the Baptist was unique. He was directed by the spirit through vision. This accounts for why Our Lord Jesus Christ said:

"Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women, there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he." (Matthew 11:11)

EACH PERSON HAS HIS OWN SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT TO UNDERTAKE IN HIS LIFE TIME ON EARTH BUT BECAUSE OF FOOLISHNESS AND DISBELIEF IN VISION, DREAM AND PROPHESY, YOU COMPLETELY ABANDON YOUR ASSIGNMENT. THEREFORE, YOU SHOULD START TO BELIEVE IN DIVINE REVELATIONS ELSE YOU ARE BEING DISOBEDIENT.

YOU CANNOT DIVORCE YOUR LIFE FROM TROUBLES, AFFLICTIONS, AND MISERY, EXCEPT YOU ARE IN SPIRIT. WHEN YOU ABIDE IN SPIRIT, EVERYTHING WILL BE REVEALED TO YOU AND YOU WILL ALSO COMPLY WITH WHATEVER DIRECTIVE IS GIVEN.

YOU SHOULD NOT EXPECT ME TO ADDRESS YOU INDIVIDUALLY AND PHYSICALLY TOO, ABOUT WHAT IS EXPECTED OF YOU. I HAVE CHOSEN TO SPEAK TO YOU THROUGH REVELATIONS. IF YOU DO NOT BELIEVE IN VISIONS, IT MEANS YOU DO NOT BELIEVE IN ME AND NOT BELIEVING IN ME MEANS YOU HAVE CHOSEN PERDITION RATHER THAN SALVATION.

Remember that if Joseph did not believe in the vision instructing him to flee with the infant Jesus to Egypt, the baby Jesus would have been killed alongside the other innocent children who were massacred. What lessons have you learnt from that? You are to conduct a feast, or go on an evangelical work, but because the instruction is given to you through vision you dismiss it with a wave of your hand. How do you want God to communicate with you? Sometimes you complicate issues because of your disobedience. A problem that would have been nipped in the bud is allowed to overtake you because you refused to obey simple instructions. Worst still, you would turn around to accuse a person of being responsible for your plight.

IN THIS CLOSE OF AGE, THE FATHER HAS PERSONALLY COME DOWN TO INSTRUCT YOU ON WHAT TO DO IN ORDER TO LIVE BUT YOU STILL HARDEN YOUR HEART. HAVE I NOT PERSONALLY TOLD YOU THAT YOUR WORK IS IN THE FIELD, HAVE YOU COMPLIED? HAVE YOU NOT BEEN TOLD NOT TO EAT MEAT AND FISH AND TO REFRAIN FROM ALL MANNERS OF SINS: FORNICATION, ADULTERY, FIGHTING, STEALING, DISOBEDIENCE, QUARRELING, HATRED, ENVY, MURDER, LYING, ETC. Have you complied? You rather prefer to sit back in your house and claim that the Father is the doer of everything. You even claim that in spite of your disobedience, the Father would still help you. If you have the need for the kingdom of God then, you should live in peace with all men and refrain from all manners of sin. Teach others what you have been taught so far and practice same. BE SPOTLESS IF YOU WISH TO BEAR THE NAME: A CHILD OF GOD. Read the Golden Text again.

GOLDEN TEXT: LUKE 4:17-18

And there was delivered unto him that book of the prophet Esaias, And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the broken hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised.

THE WORK OF CHRIST CONFIRMS THE REVELATIONS ABOUT HIM:

The revelation really rekindled the Spirit of Our Lord Jesus Christ. He became aware that his coming was not a surprise but that it was written about him to come. He therefore spared no effort preaching the gospel to the poor and healing the sick. If Our Lord Jesus Christ Himself believed in revelations, how much more you? I have no other way of telling you about things to come except through revelations in dreams, vision, prophesy and THE GOSPEL.

IF YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT BEFORE YOU CAME INTO THIS WORLD, ALL PLANS ABOUT YOUR COMING HAD BEEN WRITTEN AND MADE AVAILABLE TO ALL THOSE WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM YOUR ASSIGNMENT, YOU WOULD NOT HAVE BLAMED ANYBODY FOR ANYTHING AND YOU WOULD HAVE BELIEVED IN REVELATIONS. NOTE THAT IF YOU COME TO FULFILL WHAT WAS WRITTEN ABOUT YOU, THEN YOU HAVE ACTUALLY REALIZED YOURSELF AND YOU HAVE GOT THE AWARENESS EXPECTED OF YOU. BUT IF YOU FAIL TO FULFILL WHAT WAS WRITTEN ABOUT YOU, IT MEAN YOU HAVE NOT GOT THAT AWARENESS.

The new covenant made by God to those who are His People and disciples is contained in the scripture:

Love ye one another as I have loved you;

That ye love one another; as I have loved you that ye also love one another.

By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples; if ye have love one to another.

(John 13:34-35).

The only identity of the disciples of God is LOVE. So if you do not have this universal love, count yourself out this kingdom. The word of God is embedded in the revelations which you do not regard as anything. The things you care about are the very things that ruin you because such things separate you from God. Except you completely forsake your son, wife, husband, father, your life, etc. you cannot be worthy of being a disciple of Christ just as it is written:

If any man come to me and hate not his father, mother, and wife, and children and brethren and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

(Luke 14:26).

He that loveth his father or mother more than me is not worthy of me. and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

(Matthew 10:26).

THE WORD OF GOD IS TRUE AND GOD IS TRUTH. No matter the time or situation, the word of God must come to manifest. If you do not completely refrain from sin, you are not worthy of the kingdom. BE INFORMED THAT THE TEACHINGS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT CANNOT BE COMPARED TO ANY OTHER TEACHING. THIS IS BECAUSE IT IS NOT OF THE FLESH. HIS TEACHINGS COULD NOT OBTAINED ELSEWHERE. MANY PEOPLE INCLUDING THE CHURCH DIGNITARIES HAVE AGREED THAT WITH REGARD TO HIS TEACHINGS THERE IS NONE WHICH CAN BE COMPARED TO HIS TEACHINGS WHICH ARE QUITE UNIQUE.

IF YOU LIVE IN SPIRIT...

Nobody can understand His teachings except one who is in the Spirit. YOU MUST BE IN SPIRIT BEFORE YOU CAN ASSIMILATE THE TEACHINGS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. THIS TEACHING IS NOT PREPARED BY FLESH AND BLOOD, BUT IT FLOWS DIRECTLY FROM HE MOST HIGH GOD. THAT IS WHY YOU ARE WARNED:

But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. (Matthew 23:8).

It is needless for you to hope in anybody for anything. Do not even look at anybody for a possible example. Draw your example from the Holy Spirit in all that you need to do. Do not be angry and do not take vengeance on anyone. Live peaceably with all men and let universal love reign supreme in all aspects of your everyday life. What was written in the scripture has fulfilled in your midst:

It shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:

(Acts 2:17)

Have you not seen the fulfillment of this prophecy, or are you not one of the recipients of the Holy Spirit? Therefore, no rational minded person should henceforth do anything as he like but as it is directed by the Spirit.

DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT THE FATHER'S SERMONS CONSTITUTE DREAMS AND PROPHECIES AND THE WORD OF GOD? WHENEVER HE PREACHES, THE SERMONS ALSO CONTAIN CONDEMNATION, JUSTIFICATION, AND SALVATION. YOU ARE RISKING YOUR LIFE BY NOT ADHERING TO HIS TEACHINGS. YOU HAVE BEEN ADVISED NOT TO FORNICATE, EAT MEAT AND FISH, NOT TO LIE, MURDER, HATE, BEGRUDGE, FIGHT, CAUSE DIVISION, WORSHIP IDOLS ETC. BUT YOU DO NOT LISTEN, NEITHER DO YOU ADHERE TO THE INSTRUCTIONS YOU ARE GIVEN. WHAT I AM TEACHING YOU ARE DREAMS, VISIONS AND PROPHECIES AND EXCEPT YOU KEEP THEM, YOU WILL HAVE TO BEAR THE CONSEQUENCES OF YOUR DISOBEDIENCE. GOD IS A SPIRIT THEREFORE IF YOU DO NOT KEEP TO HIS REVELATIONS IT MEANS YOU ARE DISOBEYING HIM AND IF YOU DISOBEY GOD, YOU HAVE PERISHED. THE CHILDREN OF GOD ARE WITHOUT BLEMISH AND FOR YOU TO BE WITHOUT BLEMISH YOU HAVE TO REFRAIN COMPLETELY FROM ALL MANNERS OF SIN. YOU SHOULD NOT FIGHT, QUARREL, NEITHER SHOULD YOU GET ANGRY. YOU HAVE TO PRACTICE UNIVERSAL LOVE FOR THAT IS WHAT IS WRITTEN ABOUT YOU AS CHILD OF GOD.

MAY THE FATHER BLESS HIS HOLY WORD. AMEN

THANK YOU FATHER.

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