ONENESS IN GOD

First lesson: 1 Corinthians 3:3- 4 "For ye are yet carnal for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions; are ye not carnal, and walking as men?. For while one saith, I am of Paul and another, I am of Apollos, are ye not carnal?" Second lesson Galatians. 3:27- 28 "For as many of you as have been baptised into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. " Golden Text 2 Corinthians. 3:17 "Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty". Brethren, the three lessons read to you constitute the theme of our revelation. The main assignment of the missionaries and all the children of God is preaching the gospel, healing the sick, raising the dead and making the lame to walk. Why should there be divisive tendencies among you in the pursuant of these objectives? 3.1 Carnality Some people tag themselves as missionaries, crusaders, pastors, apostles or elders and that those who are not these things should not participate in their deliberations. Some organise women fellowship to the exclusion of men, while others have meetings for big men excluding children. Some people claim to come from Rivers State while others say that they are from United States of America. Are you not carnal and walking like men? It is said that all those who have been baptised have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek. There is neither bond nor free. There is neither male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus, what is the position now? You should note that any man who is in the flesh can not please God. As long as there is envying and strife among you, you are carnal. If you say that you are a missionary and the other person is a crusader, you are carnal. I teach you from January to December each year but you refuse to come and learn, yet claim to know everything. If you had known as you ought to claim to know everything, if you had known as you ought to know, why do you discriminate? Even here in Brotherhood, the division is caused by those who claim to know too much. When a week like this is set aside to liberate you and remove the scales from your eyes, you refuse to come. Who is a missionary, Crusader, men or women's fellowship? Are you not all children of God? Where the spirit of God is, there is no division. If you say that you are a pastor and are greater than an apostle, you are carnal and have no spirit. Some people claim their stations to be the headquarters while others are branches. Who is the headquarter and, who are the branches other than the Father? 3.2 Spiritual unification There is no division in this kingdom. We are all missionaries, crusaders and youths, for Christ is all and in all. It is said that if you walk after the flesh you will die, but if you mortify the flesh with the work of the spirit, you will live. All those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. This week is set aside to teach, the Missionaries not to discriminate. The scripture says "No man is known after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more." We strive daily to unite you but you continue to discriminate because you are carnal. If you forsake everything, and if you surrender yourself to be burnt as a martyr but you discriminate, you are carnal. If you are a vegetarian and do not commit fornication; but you cause division, you are in the flesh. If you can raise the dead, but you take a lion share when feast is shared, you are overshadowed by darkness and you are dead. When you are in the flesh, you cannot please God. God is a Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth. There is no division, envying and strife here because God has everything. Our Lord Jesus Christ had nailed the work of the flesh to the cross and proclaimed that it is finished. Since then, no one is known after the flesh. That is why you should call no man your father, lord or teacher because you are all brethren. Anybody who does not abide by this principle is carnal and is lost. If you regard yourself as being better than the other person you are in the flesh. Since the Holy Spirit is one, no matter how many we are, we are all one. If a person comes here and you despise him saying that he is not a Brotherhood, who is he then? This is where your trouble comes from. There should be no strife or envying among you because it is a serious crime. Christ died in order to unite the entire world. Division brings hatred, theft, lying, envying and fighting. Any kingdom or house that is divided against itself cannot stand. Why do you call yourself a Brotherhood and claim to live eloquently and have power to open the eyes of the blind but cause discrimination, you are carnal. You have nothing, for everything is owned by the Father. 3.3 Communism All those who believe and have one spirit have all things in common. There is no one among them who lacks, for those who possess houses or land sell them and distribute the proceeds equally. This is the ideology of Brotherhood of the Cross and Star. Here you own no houses, cars, children for everything is owned by the Father. Anybody who has the spirit of possession is carnal. If you walk by the flesh you will die, but if you live in the spirit you have eternal life. If you say that you are for Paul or Appolos, black or white, you are carnal. It profits you nothing to inscribe the name of Jehovah or Jesus on your forehead yet you regard another person as a stranger. 3.4 Avoid discrimination There is no other spiritual church except the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star. Moreover, it is only at No. 34 Ambo Street, Calabar that you can find Brotherhood. All other stations operate in disguise. The worst sin that cannot be forgiven is to cause division because Christ died for it. Do not discriminate against a leper or a person who has cough for such action is carnality. A spirited person does not cause division. From this behaviour we can easily identify a carnal and a spirited person. In any assembly where you find segregation, strife, pride or anger, know that the people are worldly, and such spirit is satanic and not of God, The spirit of God is peaceful and cannot induce you to quarrel or fight. All other works are secondary, for the primary duty of all children of God is to practise equality - live and let live. Once you have attained this requirement, you can please God. A person who is in spirit cannot distinguish between rich and poor, old or young, black or white for he regards everybody equally. Class distinction and social stratification kills the spirit. Immediately you start to discriminate between a rich and a poor man or a big and a small man, the spirit departs from you. It is carnal to classify people, places or transport into first class, second class, etc. If you do not share things equally to everybody, you are not in the spirit. Christ died and redeemed the entire world to Himself. Therefore, we have no glory except in the Lord. We have nothing again since we have been bought by His precious blood. Henceforth, everything should be shared equally to all. Those who fail to come here to receive this instruction do themselves a great harm. When I watch your behaviour I sympathise with you. It avails you nothing if you claim to be in Brotherhood of the Cross and Star for twenty years but you still cause division, strife and envy. As long as you do not walk by the spirit, you are not a child of God. First lesson: 1st Corinthians 3:3-4 "For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions; are ye not carnal, and walking as men?. For while one saith, I am of Paul and another, I am of Apollos, are ye not carnal?" If you enter into some bethels they may regard you as a stranger and drive you away. If members of particular bethels come to sing here, only their supporters will clap for them. Such discriminatory tendency is carnal. You encounter problems in your bethels because you are carnal and babies who cannot eat the real meat. In the bookshop and Leader's Office, there is division, quarrelling and envying. You struggle for positions here because you are carnal and have not the Spirit of God. 3.5 Equality The Christ Students, Christ Servants, Pastors, Apostles, Prophets and Elders claim supremacy and superiority over one another. Who are these people apart from God? Anybody who sows seeds of division is carnal. There is no division in the Spirit. Therefore, there is no Africa, United States of America or Nigeria for we are all one. We must purify our hearts and mortify the flesh for the spirit to dwell in. In Brotherhood of the Cross and Star, there should be no division, quarrelling, cheating and malice because the Spirit is in control. It is said that for many of you as have been baptised into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. In the kingdom of God, it avails you nothing to be a President, king and millionaire. From the date of baptism, there is no more work for the flesh and division. If you live after the flesh, you will die. You say that you are exasperated and that you cannot forgive your adversary because you are carnal. All those who are baptised should be regarded as equal without any discrimination because Christ is all and in all. It is not enough for you to surrender your wealth to the service of God and to stop from committing fornication. The major thing is that you should not cause division but should love and regard others equally. Today's gospel is the greatest. However numerous we may be, we are all one. We must live in peace and love, without any discrimination or cheating. Many people may think that they are not missionaries, but they should know that after baptism with which they had put on Christ, they are all missionaries. If you had this knowledge before, this room would not have been empty. All Christ's Students, Christ's Servants, Apostles, Pastors, Elders, etc. are missionaries. Since we have received the spirit, we must walk by the spirit. Second lesson: Galatians 3 : 27 28 "For as many of you as have been baptised into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. " This lesson should be worn as your necklaces, shoes and armour. If your children, servants, wives, husbands or kings have been baptised, they have lost their identity and are now one in Christ. 3.6 Substance of faith If a person is one hundred years old in Brotherhood of the Cross and Star and another person comes in today, they are equal. God loves everybody equally. Whatever your disposition, it depends on the degree of your faith because everything is fulfilled according to your belief If there are two people and one of them believes in God and surrenders fully to Him, while the other does not, their experiences will differ depending on their faith. The one who believes will say that God loves him while the other will think otherwise. God may warn you not to put your hand inside fire so that you may not be burnt. One person will obey the instruction while the other disobeys and is burnt. He will then allege that God hates him when he is responsible for his fate. Many people in Brotherhood do not commit fornication nor indulge in drug-addiction, while others wallow in these vices. Which of the two groups love God? If you draw nigh to God, He will draw nigh to you, but if you deny Him He will also deny you. It is not true that God loves those who are rich in money and in children more than the barren and the poor, for His love is equal unto all. That is why Christ said: "Love your enemies, bless those that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them who despitefully use you, and persecute you. That ye may be the children of your Father who is in heaven; for He makes his sun to rise unto the evil and onto the good, and sends rain to the just and unjust". Our Lord Jesus Christ was the Son of God and God Himself, yet He underwent series of temptations. If you withstand temptations, you will be rewarded. Christ partook in temptation to confirm the nature of equality of God. Therefore, you have to pass through the same process. Do not lie against the truth by saying that God loves one person more than the other. Our Lord Jesus Christ did not commit any sin. He surrendered Himself to be used by God and God called Him His beloved Son. After his resurrection, He revealed Himself to Mary. Due to great joy Mary rushed to embrace Him, but he warned her not to touch Him, for He had not yet ascended to His Father and our Father, His God and our God. 3.7 Christ's footsteps If Christ was carnal, He would not have advised you not to trouble your hearts for there are many mansions in His Father's house. He added that He goes to prepare a place for you and would come back to take you so that where He is, you may be there also. He is the first fruit of resurrection. If you do what God likes you will likewise resurrect, but if not, you have yourself to blame. He said: "Take my yoke upon you and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and you will find rest unto your souls". If Christ had suffered in the flesh, bear in mind that you will also suffer because anybody who suffers in the flesh has left sin. But now you do not want to suffer, yet you want to be a missionary in America. When there is launching people dodge, but afterwards they need help. Who is going to help you? I had earlier told you, whether you are a Christ's Student, Christ's Servant, Pastor or Apostle, if you do not come here to learn and get a ‘certificate’, it is of no use. All Brotherhood members are students. You are to walk by the spirit. You have nothing. If a person curses you, there is no problem for he is cursing Christ. The entire world is carnally minded. As long as you claim to be a Nigerian or African, you are carnal, and walk like men, and have no spirit. If you claim that you are the doer of the work, you are in the flesh. But if you live in spirit and realise that the Holy Spirit does everything and owns everything, you will have peace. You cannot forsake lies, anger, strife and envying because you are carnal. The Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. Do not regard yourself as the greatest or the originator of any project. If you say that a person does not appreciate your good gesture, you are in the flesh. Now, the teacher is not tired of teaching but the students backslide because you claim to know everything. Nevertheless, I know that all of you are carnal. If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the spirit. Golden text: 2 Corinthians 3:17 "Now the Lord is that spirit and where the spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty". 3.8 Oracle of God You beat your children, quarrel with your wife or husband and become angry with people because you are carnal. If you were spirited you would have known that Christ is responsible for the behaviour of people. It is said in 1st Peter 4:11 that if any man speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God, if any man ministers, let him do so as of the ability which God gives; that God in all things may be glorified. When you speak or do anything, it is God who does it, and all glory goes to Him. Anybody who speaks of himself seeks his own glory, but he who seeks the glory of the one who sent him is true. No one reports anybody to me because I see all your daily behaviours that you are not walking in the spirit. It is said that no man is known in the flesh. Though Christ was known after the flesh, yet now henceforth, know Him no more. I know you in the spirit therefore, I do not ask what your name is. You claim to have the spirit, yet you fight, quarrel and discriminate, thereby betraying yourselves. Anybody who walks by the flesh cannot please God. But the one who is led by the spirit of God is the real son of God, and is without condemnation. If all of you are in the spirit you will love everybody and will have no problems. 3.9 Discrimination and cheating Where the spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. If two dogs are playing and they put each other down in turn, there will be no trouble. But if one dog puts the other down twice, there will be fighting and barking. The trouble in the world is caused by cheating. If you visit a brother and he brings food for everybody to eat, all will be happy. In the house, if everybody sleeps on the mat, there will be no trouble. But if one sleeps on the mat while the other is given a bed with mattress there will be envy. If you visit a person who is working in the farm, and you take up the knife to work with him, there will be joy, for Christ is at work. If two people visit you and you give N20.00 to one and N10.00 to the other, there will be trouble because the evil spirit is at work. Adam was warned not to eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. He disobeyed and ate it and produced Cain signifying evil, and Abel signifying good. However, Cain killed Abel. If you have a son who answers James and he dies, if you have another son will you call him James again? What creates problem is division. Therefore, if we operate in oneness and in equal basis, there will be no more trouble in the world. No matter how numerous the fellowships may be, we are all one. If you do good, you do to yourself and will receive the reward. This week is set aside to take you to the accurate knowledge of the truth. If you say that you are a Brotherhood but you walk by the flesh, you have failed. The Sole Spiritual Head walks in the spirit. Yesterday, I said that during an anniversary week, I would not entertain visitors who come for prayers because the word of God is greater than prayer and takes away whatever problem they might bring. Opobo town which had never come here arrived today. It would not be fair to send them away. Therefore I ushered them in. Others who followed were not sent away. This is the spiritual work. In your own case you would not have rescinded your earlier decision for fear of being branded as a liar. To whom are you lying? Is it sinful to do good on the Sabbath? I have set glaring examples for you to emulate. I use one glass to share water equally to all, and I shake hands with all including little children. This is Brotherhood in practice. The love of the Father is equal to all. Nevertheless, whatever you sow, you will reap and everything is fulfilled according to the degree of your faith. It is said that a stroke of the cane is sufficient unto the wise. Those who have ears, let them hear. May God bless His holy words; Amen. THANK YOU FATHER