Brethren, this is meant to show that the Word of God is a two-edged sword. The other day, you were told that everyone must hear His voice. And right now it is said that every soul which will not hear that prophet shall be destroyed from among the people.

That is why I continue to tell you that you do not realize the place you are; and all the inhabitants of the world do not know what was written about Him.

There is neither juju nor mermaid nor ghost nor apparition. It is He alone who exists. Ask yourself if you have accepted His reign. If you have accepted His reign, have you done what He has told you? Because this is the statement that He made: "But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them, before me."

The whites have a saying that to advance forward is the fear of death and retreating is death itself. If we complain that the word of God is too difficult for us to practise, it means that we have accepted death. Let all the inhabitants of the world know today that whoever would not practise the word of God, such a person has perished.

That is why He says: He who is unjust,let him be unjust still: and he who is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he who is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he who is holy, let him be holy still. And behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. (Rev 22:11-12).

This is the judgment, He has passed on to the world. It is said that those who love Him will rejoice a great deal on that day. But there will be great mourning for those who hate Him. When you say that you do not need Our Lord Jesus Christ, and that you are not prepared to practise the Word of God, it then means that you are lost.

If anyone, white or black, male or female, young or old, poor or rich, spirit or angel, rock or wind, fails to practise the Word of God, I do not say that he will perish but he has perished already.

He has said that whoever is not with me is against me and whoever does not gather with me scatters abroad. (Matt. 12:30) What do you think of a fornicator and a drunkard, a necromancer and an idolater; where do you think they stand?

Whether you call yourself a wizard or a mermaid, a juju or a ghost, the fight does not end with falling your opponent. You say you belong to Satan. You do not go to church, you do not believe in the Bible. Does it end at that?

Our Lord Jesus Christ is the ruler in heaven and on earth. If there is any place as Hades, He is the ruler. He is the ruler in the depths and heights. The sun, the moon, the stars and the constellations are ruled by Him. He alone reigns over all. What He shuts, no person can open. What He opens there is no person to shut. (Isa 22:22).

You have heard what is written in the scriptures: "But those mine enemies, who would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me." He has instructed you to refrain from all manners of sin, and to love one another but you refuse. The implication of your refusal is that you love destruction.

We are told to show the expression of love to everyone. If you refuse, it means you love death; and that is the cause of all the problems besetting the world. All those who forsake the word of God - be they the government, the church, the company, the school, black or white, young or old - have reached their wits end.

Do not beg any person to worship God. Go forth and preach this gospel to all inhabitants of the world. Whoever believes and is baptized shall be saved, but whoever does not believe is damned.

That is why no matter how you pray and fast, you can avail nothing. When you know the provisions of the law but you deliberately violate them, this is deliberate sin. What you are being told now are what was written some four to five thousand years ago.

It was said to Adam and Eve that they should eat of all fruits of the trees in the garden, except the one in the midst of it. Since they disobeyed and ate the fruit, they were cut off. It is because we reject the word of God that we are beset with problems, sickness, affliction and death. This is the cause of your poverty and tribulations. If somebody tells you that you are troubled by juju, or mermaid or witchcraft; such a statement is erroneous. There is neither angel nor witchery which is troubling you. As long as you reject the word of God, you are worthy of death.

He also spoke to the Israelites saying "Thou shalt not have any other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image: Honor your father and your mother. Thou shalt not commit adultery or fornication. (Ex 20:3-17/Deut 5:7-21) The Israelites refused, and for this reason, twenty-three thousand of them died in one day. They died in thousands.

The scriptures tell us that we should not tempt the Lord as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed by serpents. (Num 21:5-6 / Deut 6:16) Neither murmur we, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer. (1 Cor 10:9-10) Now all these things happened unto them as an example, and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.

If, when Pharaoh was told to let God's people go, he obeyed, he would have occupied the throne till today. (Ex 7:1-13) But because of his insubordination, he was destroyed together with his army.

If King Nebuchadnezzar had listened to the voice of God and had hearkened to the handwriting on the wall, he would not have turned into a beast. (Dan 2,3,4).

If the world of Noah had listened to the voice of God, they would not have perished in the flood. (Gen 6,7,8). What further sign do you need in order to be convinced that whoever does not accept His reign must be cut off?

If the citizens of Sodom and Gomorrah listened to His voice, they would not have perished. They would have continued till today. (Gen. 19:24). If Lucifer had listened to the instruction of God, when He was commanded that all the angels should worship his first begotten Son, he would not have suffered the shame he is suffering today.

When you read (2 Peter 2:4-5), you will see that those angels which sinned were cast down to hell, and delivered into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment. Whether you are an angel or a spirit, a man or a tree, a demon with ten heads or whatever you may claim to be; if you do not hearken to the words of God and practise them, you will be cut off.

It is a great pity for those who say that they do not know Our Lord Jesus Christ and that they are adherents of other religious tenets. They are to be pitied indeed. It is a great pity also for those who claim that they belong to Satan and that they do not know what is called God.

It is a pity for those who claim that they are the government in power, the lords and kings of the earth. It is a great pity for the so-called millionaires, the thousandnaires who claim to be the monarchs of all they survey, and that there is none other.

It is a great pity for the scientists, the doctors, the lawyers and the learned men who claim that they are everything and that God does not exist. It is a great pity for those who say that it is a waste of time to go to church because God is not in existence. They think that they can fornicate and drink because God does not exist. They are in a pitiable state of life.

What you are seeing in the world today is the beginning of sorrows. The word of God has never touched down on the ground without effect. When it falls down on the ground, it breaks mighty rocks and rises up and accomplishes His will.

Be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousands years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning His promise but He is long suffering for He is not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance and be saved (2 Pet 3:8-9). At the fullness of time, whether it is fire or angel or man whoever does not listen to His voice will be cut off from among the people.

God does not rejoice over the death of the wicked but He wants them to come to repentance and be saved. (Eze 18:23). God is ever-loving to His creation and so He does not wish that any should perish. That is why He continues to send His word from time to time.

If the world of Noah had listened to the voice of God, they would not have perished. If the inhabitants of the world today were to listen to the voice of God, there would be no problems in the world.

You complain that there is no oil, no money, and you complain of everything; these are nothing at all, they are the beginning of sorrows.

God chastens the son whom He loves and scourges every son whom He receives. (Heb 12:6) It is said that "you have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, my son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him. For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth." (Heb. 12:5-6).

Endure tribulation that it may act as chastisement unto you. For what son is he whom the Father chasteneth not? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.

Go to Europe, go to America, go to the United Kingdom, go to Asia, go to Persia and Russia, go everywhere, inside the water, on the cliffs and valleys, you will witness the same thing because the whole world has forsaken God.

You remember what the prodigal son did? All the inhabitants of the world constitute prodigal children. When the prodigal son collected his part of the inheritance, he went and squandered all in riotous living and there arose a great famine and he was in trouble.

When he came to himself he asked what he was doing when even his father's servants were very rich for food. He decided he was returning home and when he got there, he would tell his father that he was no more worthy to be his son because he had sinned against heaven and against him, he should take him as one of his hired servants. (Luke 15:21)

This parable belongs to all the inhabitants of the world. Our Lord Jesus Christ is the first-born and till eternity, he is the first begotten son of God. All the inhabitants of the world are the second son. When you put together all the angels, the trees and animals and human beings, Our Lord Jesus Christ is still the first born.

Brethren, can you now realize the situation? Come back home, O! wanderer; your Father is looking for you. Nigeria, Africa and Western world, nay, the whole world, come back to God because He is your Father, and is looking for you.

We have to listen to Him, submit to Him and obey Him in order that we may have peace. Observe the number of things happening. As it is in Nigeria, so it is in India, or in America and in other places including the deep waters.

Is this not enough indication that you should warn yourself? This is the ark of Noah. Who is ready to come in? It is said that the end shall not come until this gospel of the Kingdom is preached unto all the world. (Matt 24:14).

You remember how he told Noah to build an ark. Noah did not know what it was meant for and no person knew either for what purpose the ark was built. Only God knew.

He allowed Noah to preach for a hundred and twenty years, but they continued to farm and trade, they ate and drank, they married and gave in marriage and did whatever they pleased. Just as we are doing today, so they did. But when the time came, God asked Noah to clean the ark, and take into it every creature in pairs.He told Noah that he was going to destroy the world. Noah and seven others of his own house went into the ark and God locked it. And it started raining cats and dogs for forty days and forty nights. (Gen. 6:7) The whole world was destroyed leaving only Noah and his family, the eight of them. But this time, God is no longer using water to destroy the world. He uses fire which is the word of God. He uses the words which proceed from his mouth in slaying the nations.

And so brethren, whether you are a juju doctor or an atheist, whether you belong to a different religion, return to Our Lord Jesus Christ today because He is looking for you.

Otherwise you have to face death and afflictions, tribulations and pain. He is on earth. There is no place where you can run to because He is the ruler of everything forever and ever. You search for Him everywhere, you go about giving visions and receiving same. Forget about these things and surrender yourself unto Him so that you may be saved. Our God is a consuming fire.

The word of God is a two-edged sword, and we have to practise it. If we practise the word of God we will be saved. It is too late for you to run to America or Europe because Africa is a tough place.

It is equally too late for you to run from Europe to Africa. It is equally too late for you to decide going to remain in Hades. When you say that you want to return to the ocean deeps and have peace, it is too late.

There is no place you can find peace. He has extended His tentacles into every part of the world. He has told you not to fear what can kill the flesh alone and can do nothing to your soul. But fear what can kill the flesh and cast the soul unto hell. (Matt. 10:28) There is no peace with the spirit and there is no peace with the flesh. There is no peace in the air, nor in the fire, nor in the water, nor in any other place.

Why is it so? It is because we do not accept Him, we do not believe in Him and we do not accept his reign. That is the message which is sent to you on this day. This message is not for you alone; but for all the angels and for all the inhabitants of the world; it will bring salvation to the whole world.

That is why He has commanded saying: "Go and make all the nations my disciples, teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you. And whoever believes and is baptized shall be saved. But all those who refuse to be baptized will be damned."

And whoever separates and surrenders himself completely unto Our Lord Jesus Christ will be saved. There is no other being who can rule. If Jehovah God and His Christ do not rule, who else can rule? This is the time of his reign.

The Holy Spirit is the word. God is the Word. Our Lord Jesus Christ is the Word so the Word is God. The Word is the judge and ruler in heaven and earth. The Christ said that this generation will not pass away until all His Words are fulfilled. (Matt 24:34). If you do not practise the word of God, you will have neither money nor what to eat.

You seek for death and cannot die. In a very short time, you will witness what is going to happen with all those who reject Him. You are very fortunate to receive this message today. The door has been opened. Do not complain of Satan or enemy or witchcraft. There is nothing to fear because Satan himself is in great fear.

You heard in Revelation 20:1-2 that only one angel bound the devil for a thousand years. And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, and he shall go out to deceive the nations, and fire came down from God out of heaven and consumed him.

Our first lesson will now be read.

Who do you think Our Lord Jesus Christ is? He is the word of God. He is the Holy Spirit. Whoever does not want the word of God, whoever tells you to go away with the word of God, is His enemy.

What are you sent to do? You are told to go forth and preach His glory. Whoever does not accept the word of God is the enemy of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Whoever does not go out and preach the word of God is the enemy of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Whoever does not go out and preach the word of God is the enemy of God. Whichever city or town that does not rejoice in the Word of God is an enemy of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Whoever does not practise the word of God has reached his wits end.

Let us look for the black goat when it is yet day. Tell the government to practise the Word of God for this is the time to practise the Word of God. Tell all the church denominations, all the secret societies, all the inhabitants of the world to practise the word of God because this is the time to practise the Word of God.

No matter whether you grow hairs to the knee or shave your head as smooth as an egg, you have to practise the word of God, whether you are worshipping days, months or years. He owns the day, the month, and the year. Your duty is to practise the word of God.

Whether you are Hindu or Buddhist or a Jew or Moslem or a Rosicrucian or a Christian, and whether you call yourself a demon, you have to listen to the voice of God and practise the word of God. You have heard the statement made by the ruler of heaven and earth, "But those mine enemies which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me." These are sorrowful words and worthy of acceptance. We should prostrate on the ground and surrender ourselves unto Him.

It is because God wants to save the whole world, that is why He has sent this gospel to you this day. This word is the salvation and redemption of mankind. Many people are perplexed over the happenings in the world: famine, earthquake, deaths, sickness, wars, hatred and all others.

It is because you have rejected the word of God. If the whole world today, decides to practise the word of God, that is the end of the problems in the world.

It does not cost you anything, if right from today you forsake hatred, murder and theft; and surrender yourself completely unto God. You are saved and you have no problem at all. He has not come to rule over the human beings alone but He has come to rule over the angels, death and Hades, the winds, the waters, fire, every creeping and winged creature. He has come to rule over all His creations.

Any tree or water or land or star or angel or men or rock that do not accept his reign will be cut off. The bird can sing as long as it has not fallen into a snare. All the church denominations shout on the name of Jesus but do they receive Him? Do they believe in Him? He has told you to love one another and forsake all that is evil.

He is the only shepherd. Jehovah God and His Christ is the only shepherd. You have to hear His voice because there is only one flock and one shepherd. There should be neither wars nor quarrels, divisions nor hatred in any part of the world. You know His teaching and when you comply with it, you have done everything. It behooves all the inhabitants of the world to practise the word of God because God does not want us to perish.

You are minting money and yet there is no money. There is no oil and things are getting worse every day. Is it not time for you to advise yourself? When people hear that there will be famine, they suggest that people should plant more food. When they hear that fire will test every man's work, they suggest that fire fighters should be located all over the place. Fire fighters have been stationed all over the place and yet the fire continues to burn.

Recently, the Aba market was on fire. The Onitsha market was also on fire. Kano market was on fire, and Calabar market was on fire. There has been reports of fire outbreaks all over the country, and what do all these indicate? It is a sounding notice.

And this is not limited to the earth alone. If you read the ninth chapter of the book of Revelation, you see what goes on in all the planes as the angels open each scroll. (Rev 9:1-21).

Your salvation and mine lies in practising the Word of God. Do not harden your heart any longer. You say that you are going to trade and that you are looking for money. Where did money go to? Here, there is money and wealth and everything. The only condition is that you should practise the word of God.

Use one water-yam to set a trap for the pig. But if the pig breaks into your farm, it is not going to eat one water yam. Has Our Lord Jesus Christ not told you that whoever is angry with his brother is liable to the judgment, and whoever says to his brother, you fool, shall be in danger of the council, and whoever shall say to his brother, Ra-ca, shall be in danger of hell fire?(Matt 5:22).

Therefore, if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has wronged you, leave your gift before the altar, and go on your way, first to be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. Agree with thine adversary quickly, whilst 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. (Matt 5:25-26).

All the things He has told us remain accordingly. He has said that whoever looks on a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. He does not give his teachings in secret. He declares it openly (Matt. 5:28).

When you read from Genesis to Revelation, you will realize that all His teaching are given openly. He says that we should not swallow any tablet. You should not have any other God apart from Him. If a brother is sick among you, call for the elders of the church, let the sick confess his sins, and let the elders pray over him and he shall be raised. (James 5:14).

You have heard what He said after healing the man who was lame for thirty-eight years. When he saw him in the temple, He told him, "see you are now well; sin no more, lest worst things befall you." (John 5:6-14). He is teaching us. He teaches us to forsake all sins. He teaches us not to give or receive bribes. We should not cause divisions. We should possess love for one another. But you refuse, and do not want to listen.

It is said that you should not love the world nor the things of the world because whoever loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lusts of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but it is of the world. (1 John 2:16). And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof; but he who doeth the will of God abideth forever. (1 John 2:17). So brethren, I do not want to take your further than this. Let our second lesson be read.

Brethren, have you heard that? Has Our Lord Jesus Christ not given us the injunction that we should go into the world and preach the gospel to every creature? And so whoever refuses to heed this warning, his blood is upon him.

When the people asked Peter, "what shall we do?" Peter told them "Repent, and be baptized everyone of you in the Name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord Our God shall call." (Acts. 2:37-39).

What does it mean to be baptized? It is repentance from sin. If you were a thief, you no longer steal. If you were a fornicator, you no longer fornicate. You were a drunkard, but you no longer drink. You were a member of a secret society. You used to take drugs and injections but now you do not do those things again. You caused divisions, hated people and were a murderer, but now you have refrained from those things completely. It has been made clear that the work of the old man has finished, right now it is the new man you have to put on. You should not lie because you have put off the old man. The spirit of falsehood, fornication, theft, anger, is what is referred to as the old man that has to be removed from you; and that is "baptism". After that, you have to surrender yourself completely unto God.

You deny that you do not want some other person's wife, but now and then you are seen in her house; whom are you deceiving? You claim that you do not want a husband again, but every now and then you are found going to a man's house. Whom are you deceiving?

You received baptism as an indication that you have denounced Satan and his works; you no longer want hatred, fornication or any form of medication. You do not want anything in the world because you are tired of it. But the next day, you come and confess that you were angry, you have fornicated, you have drunk some liquor, you have indulged in diabology, can you see that you have been at fault? There is only one room and one bed. If you do not remove the old man from it, the new man cannot come in.

The spirit that was referred to Adam was the spirit of truth and the spirit of falsehood. For you to be converted means your divesting yourself of that spirit of falsehood and the spirit that commits sin, and allowing the Holy Spirit to dwell in you and do His work in you.

You have heard what Our Lord Jesus Christ told Nicodemus, that except a man be born again, he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God. Nicodemus asked him whether an old man like himself could go back into his mother's womb to be born again? Jesus answered him: "Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?" (John 3:3-10).

Except a man be born of water and of the spirit, he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God. It is not mere falling into water with sinful acts such as bearing grudge, fornication, all forms of preparation of concoctions around your body. You are not yet born again. It is for you to surrender yourself completely unto God and you have accepted the reign of Christ.You divest your thoughts of women, wealth, money and all the things of this world. When you forsake everything and confess all your sins to God and accept the reign of Christ, then are you saved. All those who reject Him will be destroyed.

Think of the situation where you tell somebody to accept baptism and he answers that he had already been baptized in the church denomination in which he was a member. How can such a person be saved? Many people complain that the case of being baptized again is what they cannot do. They would rather die than get baptized again. Surely they will die.

They argue that they accept every teaching of Brotherhood, but that they cannot afford to receive baptism again. Have you heard the First Bible Lesson that: "But those mine enemies who would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me." (Luke 19:27).

He has commanded that you should "go and make all the nations my disciples. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned." Those are His words and whoever does not obey them will perish.

So listen very attentively whenever somebody comes to preach to you. He advises that you should no longer drink; do not steal, you should not continue in these acts. Whatever He says is not said by Him per se but by the Lord.

You argue that Peter made a certain statement or that James made a certain statement. All are the words of God.

You argue that the Lord Jesus said something. He did not say anything. It is God who says it. All the times, God is here in our midst but we do not know Him. When a small child tells you that you should no longer fornicate, it is God who is warning you and not the child; and if you refuse to abstain from fornication, you have perished. You shall be slain with the sword.

You are given a vision to leave that man and that woman alone but you harden your heart. You profess to be an important person, that you are the child of Obu and so you persist in these acts of sin, are you not heading for destruction?

Solomon had seven hundred wives and three hundred concubines; but there was a woman in the countryside, among the heathens who worshipped Baal, whom he intended to marry also; and God warned Solomon not to associate with her. It was because of disobedience to this warning that Babylon fell until this day.

Your sickness and all the problems which beset you, arise from the fact that you have refused to listen to the voice of God. Whoever does not listen to the voice of God will seek for death but will not see. He will seek for life but will not find. He will not have what to eat.

You have heard what was written: "And I looked and behold a pale horse and him that sat on it was Death, and Hell followed with him. And Power was given unto him over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth." (Rev 6:8).

Brethren, have you heard that? This does not come by observation, but if you go to a juju man, he will tell you that he has lost all his power. There is a general discontent everywhere and the scientists are helpless. The only solution is that they should hearken to the voice of God, forsake anger, lying and theft. Practise all the words of God you had hitherto refused. When you do this, you are free.

Whenever you are asked to explain why there are all these troubles in the world, refer such a person to this portion which says, "And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people." (Acts 3:23). It is this prophesy which has started its work.

And so if we do not hear the voice of God, we shall perish but all those who hear Him, will have eternal life. His voice is not so inaudible that all the inhabitants of the world should not listen to.

Our Lord Jesus Christ heard His voice and practiced His works. He said that He can do nothing of Himself. He judges according to what He hears because He was not seeking after His own will but for the will of Him that sent Him. And so we are advised to hear His voice. Right from this day, if you hear His voice, all your hardship and sickness and difficulties are gone.

Do not beg any person to receive baptism. Do not plead with any person who is still sinning. Do no tell any person that the moment he is baptized, his sickness will be over. The purpose of baptism is not for healing sickness but for the abstinence from sins.

When you are immersed in water, you are dead out of the things of this world and you then surrender yourself unto God. Many of you claim that you have been baptized. However, many of those who are not yet baptized but have forsaken drinking and all elements of diabology, are better than those of you who still commit them.

John the Baptist did say: "I indeed baptized with water unto repentance, but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, he shall baptize with the Holy Ghost and with fire." (Matt. 3:11).

Our Lord Jesus Christ said: you are clean because of My Word. The baptism of Our Lord Jesus Christ is the Word He has spoken to us. If we practise the Word according to His teachings, we are saved. You are, therefore, advised to refrain from sin but you would not. (John 15:3)

You often ask why somebody in Brotherhood continues to be sick, poor and suffer many tribulations. The answer is that he has refused to practise the word of God. Have you not murmured against God. Have you not tempted God? Are you not angry?

Upon all the books and pamphlets in the bookshop which are intended to help you, you have refused to make good use of them, you have not turned from your evil ways. Read through "What Is Brotherhood of the Cross and Star" to see if you have practiced the word of God or if you even believe. Read through the "First Step to God" to see if you have any thought of practising or if you are practising what is written therein. Nobody had thought of, or attempted to practise what is in "The Second Step to God." "The Third Step to God" is not even known by many of you.

You console yourself that you are a Pastor or Bishop. You will want people to recognize you as one of the pioneers. Search the scriptures, whether you believe that you have eternal life in you. Our responsibility is to hearken to the voice of God and practise His word.

Thereafter, go forth and preach the gospel to others. Where you do not practise the word of God, you have only yourself to blame. Realize your calling. Paul said: "Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel; and more so, not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect." (1 Cor. 1:17).

Have you not used your wisdom, experience and initiative to peach? You go about telling people that Olumba Olumba Obu is God. When did I ever tell you to deliver such sermons to the people? When you profess that Olumba Olumba Obu is Jesus, which day did I preach that to you?

You tell people that you are knocking your head on the ground for Olumba Olumba Obu. When did I tell you to knock your head on the ground for me? To whom do I knock my head? You announce that you are worshipping Olumba Olumba Obu, who is the real God? When did I ask you to worship me?

Our Lord Jesus Christ had said, "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 unto the 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 show it unto you. All things that the Father hath are mine; therefore said I, that He shall take of mine, and shall show it unto you." (John 16:12-15).

He has also spoken that whoever speaks of himself seeks his own glory; but he that seeks his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him. (John 7:18).

Which day did I preach Olumba Olumba Obu unto you? I have personally told you that I am neither Our Lord Jesus Christ, nor God. In writings, through books and pamphlets, I have told you the same thing. Day after day, I teach you the same thing. These words you have heard are not my own words.

You are witnesses that I always refer you to Bible Texts. You read through what is spoken by God, but turn round to proclaim that it is Olumba Olumba Obu who has said it. By so doing you have failed because the words are not mine.

Brethren, let our golden text be read.

"And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people."

Brethren, are those my words? Do I even know how to preach? Have I ever attended any theological school or seminary? I have often told you that even the Bible used is never read by me. I have never been to any church. No person has taught me the Bible. I have laid everything bare before you without hiding my nakedness.

In your own case, you have the General Certificate of Education in Bible knowledge, Diploma in Religious Studies, Degree in Theology and Doctor of Divinity. I have never been to any Higher Institution of learning nor acquired any certificate for that matter. It is written in the Prophets that God shall teach them all things. God is the only teacher. No other person teaches. I am not teaching. It says: God shall teach them all things. (Isaiah 2:3).

It is also said: "but the Comforter, which is the Holy Spirit, shall teach you all things." (John 14:26). It is not provided that any human being shall teach any other person. There is no family or village or city or building or man through which you can be taught. God alone teaches. He does so on his own. (Heb 8:11).

After his speeches, Our Lord Jesus Christ did make it known that the words were not His. But now we always say: "thus said Our Lord Jesus," or a statement is credited to Him. You are lying against Him, because He had made it clear that it was Our Heavenly Father who spoke and not Him.

Why do you go back to steal after baptism? Why do you go back to tell lies, take injection, commit fornication, get annoyed, quarrel, fight and cause trouble? Why do you claim to be a member of a certain church denomination, or that you are Moslem or Hindu, society member or of Satan and as such you will not get baptized? Have you not heard the word of God?

Why is it that when you hear the Word of God you turn to some other person to ask if he has not heard what his Leader has said? Is He not also your Leader? Are you not equally bound by the words spoken by the Leader? Are you not ashamed of yourself? The message exonerates no person. The government, company, millionaire, church denomination, king or subject, rich or poor, men or women, angel or spirit, trees or rock alike are affected. It shall come to pass that whoever does not listen to the voice of that prophet shall be cut off from among the people. (Acts 3:23).

Whether you are brotherhood, or sisterhood or fatherhood, whatever you are, if you do not listen to the voice of that prophet, you will be cut off from among the people. If on the other hand you claim that you are not Brotherhood, but that you are tree or fish, or nothing at all; whatever you are, if you do not listen to the voice of that prophet, you will be cut off from among the people.

You claim you are a spirit, or angel or Jesus or God or Jehovah or prophet, if you do not listen to the voice of that prophet, you will be cut off from among the people. Whether you are white or black or colored, or red, if you do not listen to the voice of that prophet, you will be cut off from among the people.

Such arguments as, I have already known God, I am God, will not be entertained. Whatever you are, if you do not listen to the voice of that prophet, you will be cut off from among the people. It is said, today when you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts. (Heb 3:7-8). Is it not the stubbornness of our forefathers to the voice of that prophet, that so great a calamity has befallen the world?

Right now you will argue that you will not practise the word of God but the word of Satan; that you are flesh, and are attending a certain church denomination. What has church denomination got to do with the subject at hand? You are commanded not to drink, but you argue that you are a government worker, a king, and your position permits you to drink. Continue drinking but when the time comes, you will be cut off. You are commanded not to offer drinks, you argue that you are a businessman and must entertain your guests. Go on offering drinks. When it is time you shall be cut off. It is said that you should not receive bribe. At present bribery and corruption are the order of the day. Even in a straight and clear case, if you do not offer bribe, artificial impediments are created. Whoever does not listen to the voice of that prophet, whether governor, or president, laborer or messenger or whatever you are, as long as you do not listen to Him, you will be cut off from among the people.

It is commanded, "thou shalt have no other gods before me; thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath or that is in the waters under the earth." (Deut 5:7-8). But you maintain that the shrine was your ancestral property, and cannot be done away with, and that God created the trees and every other thing you have there. Hold onto it but you will be cut off.

We have only one Master, (Matt 23:8) but now you claim that your master is in India or America or Russia or in the water. Continue playing your part. Since you have refused to listen to the voice of that prophet, you will be cut off from among the people.

I am not interested in money. I am not interested in food or any other thing, my sole interest, concern and thought is whether on that day we will be saved. That is why we are instructed to search the scriptures and continue to exhort till He comes.

If you stay for one day without reading the Bible you will think that you are saved. Whenever you take up the Bible to read, you will open to the passage which will reveal the sin you commit. It is said that you should watch in the morning and in the afternoon, in the evening and in the night, for no one knows when the Lord shall come. (Matt. 24:42)

Praise neither yourself nor any other person for no one knows who will be saved. But whoever practises His instructions will be saved and whoever does not practise His instructions will be cut off. It was so written.

It is said that you should not prejudge before time, until the Lord comes. No matter what you do, you do not do it for me. If you do not practise the word, you are putting me to shame. It is the voice of the Father, and the option is yours to obey or disobey.

In the days of Lot, the people did eat, they drank, married wives, they were given in marriage, they bought and sold, they planted and built mansions. They carried out their normal daily assignments as is done now. But fire rained from heaven and destroyed them all.

The angel told Lot and his household not to turn back as they were moving out of the city. Lot's wife was baptized and was clad in white and served God. They were told not to turn back. On remembering her trinket box, she turned back and consequently became a pillar of salt till this day. (Gen 19:26).

Do you think of that turning back literally? It symbolizes the thought for the things of the world. Just like you are thinking of money, children, wives, business and other worldly things. These are your problems.

Likewise also, as it was in the days of Noah; they were eating, drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, politicking and staging parties, and indeed carrying out all other daily affairs, until the day that Noah entered the ark and knew not until the flood came, and destroyed them all excepting Noah and his household.

It is wise to look for a black goat while it is yet day. Our Lord Jesus Christ overcame the world because He loved not the world and the things in the world. He carried out the instruction of his Father.

Know then that whatever a person may be, whatever village or city, church denomination or religion spirit or angel which does not listen to the voice of that prophet, shall be cut off from among the people.

It is said, in the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established. (Deut. 19:15). The first lesson tells us. "But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring them hither, and slay them before me." The second lesson says, "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved, but he that believeth not shall be damned." And finally, the golden text states that, "And it shall come to pass, that every soul which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people."

Whether you are white or black or colored, whether you are an angel or spirit, young or old, male or female, tree or animal, water or rock, it is not directed to a particular individual, but concerns every person. Whoever does not listen to the voice of that prophet will be destroyed from among the people.

History has now repeated itself. Do not think that I will condemn you in any way. The same Jesus whom you are waiting for whom you are shouting, the good friend of man: He had already judged you. Because if you were to hear his voice, you would also hear my voice. Because Our Lord Jesus Christ bore eloquent testimony about the Holy Spirit, so long as you would not hear the voice of Our Lord Jesus Christ, how will you hear that of the Holy Spirit?

Brethren, I do not intend to be tedious unto you. A stroke of the cane is sufficient unto the wise. Those who have ears, let them hear. May God bless His Holy Words. Amen!

REFERENCE:-Everlasting Gospel By The Sole Spiritual Head, Leader Olumba Olumba Obu on:- "THE REPERCUSSION OF REJECTING GOD'S WORD"

From:- HERALD OF THE NEW KINGDOM, July 26-9 Aug,1986.

Pages: 7-11.