Everlasting Gospel
First lesson 2 Peter 3 : 13
“Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.”
Second lesson 1Corinthians. 15 : 49
“ And as we have borne the image of the earthly, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.”
Golden text: Philippians 3: 20 21
“For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall change our vile body that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself”
Brethren, that is the revelation of our lesson this morning. I want everyone to be attentive to receive today's revelation, so that you will realize that the ways of God are quite different from the ways of human beings. At any particular time God comes into the world, He has specific assignment to perform. During the advent of our Lord Jesus Christ into the world, He came to die so that his blood would unite all the children of God and forgive their sins. John came to reveal Christ by teaching people to repent and be in readiness to accept our Lord Jesus Christ. Elijah came purposely to punish all those who were disobedient to the word of God. Moses came to release the Israelites from the bondage of Pharaoh, so that they would be free to serve their God. It was the same with every other person sent by God. Noah, Melchizedek and Enoch each came at their time for a specific duty as assigned to each person by God.
To heal the sick, raise the dead, make the blind to see and the lame to walk are miracles which have been done over time. All these are signs to prove the existence of God on earth. People, in the course of these events, value these signs than the particular assignment God came to perform on earth. What I am telling you now were unknown to the people of the olden days. God has always concealed his own mission on earth. The people of old always murmured and made understatements about God because of tribulation saying: “Why should He allow all these calamites to befall us?” All the assignments enumerated to you are very simple in comparison with what the Holy Spirit comes to do now. This is to enable you ascertain where you are, your different assignment, your request, and the type of war you are called to fight now in this age.
Now you may ask why our Lord Jesus Christ is the only one able to conquer and redeem the whole world; an assignment no other person can accomplish. This is so because He is the Son of God, holy and pure. In him there is no dot of sin. He is God's image. In him there is no sickness. Death has no dominion over him hence He conquered.
32.1 Why Adam failed
The reason the first Adam failed was because He was of dust of the earth. But when the breath was passed into him he became a living soul. Since Adam was made from the dust of the earth, it is impossible that sand should be free from impurities. That is why the world is full of sins. In order to free man from pollutions of the world and the defilement of the flesh, God decided to transform man from mortal body to immortality. When God sent angels on specific assignments on arrival in this plane they take the form of human beings to enable them carry out their specific assignments. This can be seen in the case of Elijah. People tried by all means to destroy him but it was not possible, because he was an angel.
We always use earthly things to illustrate heavenly things. You can learn a lesson from the thatch houses we had in the olden days. They were not permanent and so exposed man to untold difficulties. It was in the midst of such problems that man evolved the idea of concrete building. The aim of everybody now is to live in a concrete building because people are tired of thatch houses due to incessant leakages, and lack of durability.
32.2 Man needs transformation
So it is with God. He knows that Adam's body of dust gave him great trouble. He decided to convert it into a permanent house, the spirit. The flesh is weak and cannot endure tribulation, sickness, poverty and death. God wants to make man into a permanent building that would be free from the earthly influences. The flesh is weak and cannot withstand the spirit no matter the size of the sprit. To this end God wants us to be all the time spirited so that we can withstand all trials. Christ said: “Verily, Verily I say unto you. He that believeth on me, the works that I do, will he do because I go unto my Father”. Let us reason together. Is there any work greater than to die on the cross for the redemption and remission of sins of the world? Yet Christ said that he who believes in him will do greater work than himself. He married no wife, and had nothing to do with the things of this world. He was killed. On the third day He resurrected from death, conquered death and got the keys of death. He did all other miraculous works of raising the dead, making the blind to see, the lame to walk, but He says those who believe in Him to do greater work than himself. And I ask you; what is that greater work?
32.3 God and His final assignment on earth
Have you remembered when the multitude put a question to Jesus and He answered them saying: “verily, Verily, I say unto you, ye seek me not, because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled. Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life which the Son of man shall give unto you: for Him had God the Father sealed”. He also told His disciples, “I am going to prepare a place for you and after that I will come back and take you to myself so that where I am you may be there also”. From these indications, you will notice that there is always a particular assignment performed each time God sent His messenger to the earth. Therefore, the last of all the assignments must be accomplished in this generation. It was because of the last assignment that Peter said: “We look for a new heaven and a new earth wherein righteousness dwells”. Paul, the Apostle made this conclusion saying: “Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but the sin that dwelleth in me”. Man became fed up of carnal work long ago. That is why, he soon became tired, sick and had to die in order to free man from all these earthly problems. The new dispensation is out to change man into a fashion that he will never taste of sickness and death. To change human beings from mortality to immortality is the responsibility of the Holy Spirit alone. No angel, prophet or even our Lord Jesus Christ can succeed in this assignment since it is the sole responsibility of God the Father.
32.4 The work of the Holy Spirit
Brethren, the work of the Holy Spirit in our midst is quite different from the work of prophets and that of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is because we do not know His assignment that is why we request Him to give us husband, wife, son, wealth, and all the material things of this world. The Holy Spirit is not concerned with those things, rather, He is to change the sinful body to the spiritual body which is everlasting life. The new heaven and the new earth refer to the Holy Spirit, and as soon as you put them on as an apron, you are free of problems wherever you go to. It is the wish of the Holy Spirit that after He has conditioned this house, He will dwell in it. Hence you are asked to refrain completely from sin so that the owner of the house can dwell in it. Now the only assignment left is to change a sinful body into a righteous body. Money and children are all material things which were in existence from the time of Adam. To change a sinner to practise righteousness is what the Holy Spirit has come to do at this last time. Let our first bible lesson be read.
First lesson: 2 Peter 3 : 13
“Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness”.
32.5 Spiritual transformation begins now
This proves to you that what you have heard was not fulfilled at that time as confirmed by Peter. He was waiting for this particular time. If the Holy Spirit is indwelling you, it is impossible for any outside influence to affect you. Neither death nor fire can consume you, not even sin can influence you. Once the Holy Spirit dwells in you, you have become an embodiment of all godly virtues. There will be no more room for war, anger, hatred, fornication, adultery, idolatry and other vices. To have the Holy Spirit you are expected to fulfill the following conditions: you must practise truthfulness, love, goodness, holiness, endurance, self-control, forgiveness, tolerance and you have no right to practise anything sinful.
32.6 Our present way of life is carnal
Brethren, our actions and behaviours prove to you that all the material things we are asking for are in your midst. We have money, children, promotion, houses, cars, good health and all the other things you are asking for. But what is left, is to transform this earthly house of sand and flesh to a spiritual house. Once this is done the body will be free from all the impurities, sinfulness, death and other worldly influences.
32.7 Our Lord Jesus Christ : God in human form
People believed that our Lord Jesus Christ was an ordinary human being and they regarded Him as such. If this is true, why is it that no human being can challenge Him in His assignments? He came from heaven and He is the Holy Spirit. He dwells in this earthly house to enable human beings see him. He is omnipotent, omnipresent and omniscient. In His first advent, He behaved at will and there was nobody to challenge Him. This proves that He was the Holy Spirit.
During the time He was in Israel, when He was not yet clothed with the Holy Spirit, His fame was not heard anywhere and He had no disciples. Immediately He was clothed with the Holy Spirit everything was possible with Him and His fame spread far and wide. He had disciples because right from that time He was living in heaven.
Christ, being the Son of man, the Son of God and God Himself was holy and sinless right from birth. But it was not until He was clothed with the Holy Spirit that everything was possible for Him. The power from above was vested in Him and under that condition He was made greater than the heavens. That is why death, sun, rain, thirst, hunger and other worldly influences had no dominion over Him. He had the power to speak and His words were made manifest.
32.8 Only the Holy Spirit controls all other creation
Emphasizing the importance of the Holy Spirit, He made it clear to His disciples when He said: “If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you forever. Even the spirit of truth whom the world cannot receive because it seeth Him not, neither knoweth Him: but ye know Him; for He dwelleth with you, and shall be in you” He knew for sure that until the Father clothed the disciples with power they could not accomplish anything. Juju cannot expel another juju, the same is true of mermaid, witchcraft, demon, and other worldly powers. You cannot dismiss another human being easily. If you do, it will result in fighting and quarreling. The only power which is supreme and can expel other forces without any resistance is that of the Holy Spirit. As soon as the Holy Spirit is indwelling in you, all other powers, spirits, angels, men, death, sin, demon, juju, hades, devils, wizzard are subdued. The Holy Spirit is the power which comes only from God. You cannot acquire this power through prayer. Wherever a person with the Holy Spirit goes, he is the master over all created things both animate and inanimate. God is here to bestow the Holy Spirit on you. This is the work which is the greatest in comparison with all other assignments. It is this work which Christ referred to: when he said: “Verily, Verily, I say unto you, He that believeth in me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father”. It is the duty of changing a human being from temporary building into a permanent one. It is the duty of bestowing man with the Holy Spirit, because once you are in the Holy Spirit, you are above every condition and situation, and they are all subject unto you.
32.9 Qualification for the Holy Spirit
The examination to qualify a person to have the Holy Spirit is to love one another. As soon as you pass this examination, you are qualified to receive the Holy Spirit and taste of the heavenly powers. Let us hear the second bible lesson. It is not my intention to be tedious unto you, but to reveal the duty of the Holy Spirit which He has come to accomplish in this end of time; the work that Christ Himself was not able to do.
Second lesson: 1 Corinthians 15 : 49
“And as we have borne the image of the earthly, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly”.
32.10 Live your life like the second Adam
This lesson indicates that, all the while, things were not made perfect. The image of earthly is a semblance of the spirit of Adam. The first man Adam came from the dust of the earth and all the sinfulness in man is derived from the first Adam since he was impure. The second Adam did not come from the dust of the earth. He came from heaven and He is our Lord Jesus Christ. This generation is witnessing the reign of the heavenly Adam. That is why you are advised not to continue in the acts of the first Adam, the man of the dust. You have to abhor sin. Since you are not under the influence of the first Adam but under that of the heavenly Adam, you must be clothed with all the godly virtues.
In God's plan everything has a season and until it is an appointed time. God cannot execute His own plan if God does not make His abode in you. It does not mean that God does not exist. There is God doing His own assignment but since you do not find Him, it means you are not interested in Him.
The first Adam is of the dust and the second Adam is a quickening spirit. It is the characteristic of the first Adam that he is not subject to God's ordinances. He is filled with all the lust of the earth and vices. As we bore the image of the man of the dust, we must also bear the image of the heavenly Adam. Once the Holy Spirit takes possession of you, you cannot fornicate, lie, deceive, or become interested in mundane things. Such a person becomes an embodiment of all godly virtues and all creations of God are under His command. God is a spirit. As He has said, then the Holy Spirit dwells in you, and the Trinity God will make His abode in you. As a result He will drive away all the influences of poverty, death and all the storms of life. The result is that you will live in joy, happiness, prosperity, good health and in peace and contentment. As soon as He dwells in you, I repeat, as soon as He dwells in you, you have eternal life and prosperity. Brethren, I want you to consider the condition of a person if God dwells with him.
32.11 When God dwells in you other influences flee from you
Brethren, if the Holy Trinity dwells with you, there is no more room for poverty. You and the Father become one and you will be free from worldly influences. That is the duty of the Holy Spirit and that duty must be accomplished in man. The scripture has told you that, you conquer all those influences when the Holy Spirit indwells in you. The Holy Spirit is not angry, He does not quarrel, fight, complain, hunger, fornicate or drink. He is pure, holy, humble. He saves and gives life. This is the last duty the Holy Spirit has come to perform in the universe, the function of changing man from carnal to spiritual body.
Had it been that God did not create Adam out of the dust of the earth, Adam would not have erred. In order to change man from the vile body, God has decided to cloth man with the power from above. As soon as man is changed from the earthly body into the heavenly body, it will not be possible again for man to disobey God. The Father comes to perform this last assignment at this last time.
You are aware that we do not teach you in Brotherhood of the Cross and Star to make you have money, children, good health or to be free from sickness and cases in the law court, or to be a very wealthy man in the world. Rather you are taught to practise holiness and purity. It is only in that condition that the Holy Spirit will dwell in you, and you will be able to conquer all the problems of this world.
What shall be your profit, if you are a Brotherhood member and also a lawyer or a millionaire or doctor of Arts or doctor of Science, and you have many children, cars, buildings, estates and all the things of this world, but at the end you are not clothed with the Holy Spirit? The scriptures say that when He is revealed, we shall be as he is for we shall see Him face to face. Therefore, the duty of every individual is to endeavour to resemble Him and to be as he is. You cannot be as he is, then pray fervently. It is said; “Beloved, now are we the Sons of God and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like Him, for we shall see him as he is”.
32.12 God is now revealed on earth
Now he is revealed, it is your bounding duty to resemble Him, otherwise you will regret in future. This is the church of Jacob that was prophesized about that people from all the nations of the world would come and learn His ways; so that wherever you find yourself in the world, you will walk in confidence as a person who dwells in God and God in you.
Brethren, this new kingdom is not a place where people come in to tell lies, cry, fornicate or petition God to make you a millionaire or give you children or free you from your cases, or grant you promotion, or grant you success in your examination. This is not the centre for such demands. Such requests come out of the elementary spirit which is in the man of the dust. In Brotherhood of the Cross and Star, your only effort should be how to resemble God, or to be as He is by speaking the truth, practising love, purity and humility. Ask Him to let the light in you shine for everybody to see.
To be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. The scripture directs that we seek first the kingdom of heaven and its righteousness and other things shall be added unto us. As soon as you seek this, every other thing shall be added unto you. Why is it that you do not seek for the kingdom of God first? Brethren, let our Golden Text be read.
Golden text: Philipians 3 : 20 21
“For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: who shall change our vile body that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself”.
32.13 The greatest testimony is possession of the Holy Spirit
Brethren, remember the promise He made to His disciples saying: “I will not leave you comfortless; I will come to you. Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more, but ye see me, because I live, ye shall live also”. I told you that any other assignment is immaterial. The removing of charms from people's body, giving vision, prophecy, relating dreams, healing and miracles all come from the elementary spirit of Adam. But here the Holy Spirit has come to perform a particular duty. When you go and tell a murderer a testimony that today my wife put to bed a baby boy or girl, he will tell you the same thing happens in his house. It means that two of you are in the same grade. As a civil servant, you testify to a rogue that you received double promotion in your place of work and as a result a car advance is granted to you. The rogue will tell you that he is promoted in his profession and he has two cars on the road. Therefore, you do not have greater testimony than the rogue, two of you are the same.
Many people in the world will confront you with a question saying: “for many years now I know you as a Brotherhood of the Cross and Star member but you have no car, child, money”. If you begin to feel and think, you will confirm that the man is saying the right thing because ever since you became a Brotherhood of the Cross and Star member you have no car, child and money. This way of thinking will induce you to steal and take bribe in order to satisfy your lust. By so doing you go astray. Brethren, to think of carnal things of this world is to fight against the will of God for such mind is not subject to the law of God. He who thinks this way cannot allow the will of God to be fulfilled in him because of worldly lust. Our Lord Jesus Christ has done all things from the time of Adam to this present time. What is left, is to mould human beings to be as exactly as He is. That is the last assignment. It is the greatest.
32.14 God is going to shake the world
Brethren, you will not be able to overcome the great tribulation that is coming into the world, if you are not clothed with the Holy Spirit. He does not hide His plan. He exposes it openly that He will shake the world. It is for this reason that you are being prepared to be clothed with Him. As He conquered the world, you will also conquer.
No angel, pastor, government, doctor or secret society can transform the mortal body to immortal body. It is only the Holy Spirit who can perform this duty and that is what he has come to do now. Therefore, if you are not a partaker of the transformation, put yourself in fervent prayer. Some people will stand up and say “Hallelujah, I am thankful to the Holy Father for this testimony: I came as a sick man into the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star, but now I am healed. I came as a poor man but now I have fleet of cars, have money, estates and children”. Now there is a question: 'Are you changed into this spiritual body?'
There is no other position in Brotherhood of the Cross and Star for any man apart from being changed from the earthly house of dust to a spiritual body. As soon as you attain this position, these signs will follow you: it will be impossible for you to lust after a woman or man, you will never be tempted to lust after mundane things. People will observe in you all the virtues of God. Christ was sinless and yet people were treating him as a sinner, he was not annoyed, because he was clothed with the Holy Spirit. He has come to change your vile body to His glorious body free from sin. In order to reign with Him eternally, flee from all manner of sin.
32.15 Your mistake
Many people are of the opinion that as soon as they are Brotherhood of the Cross and Star members, they will be ordained Pastor, Apostle or given any rank they want. That is why immediately you are converted into Brotherhood you become inquisitive and struggle for positions and ranks. But there is one important question, 'Are you changed? Are you clothed with the power of the Holy Spirit? Do you regard His own words as your own? It is only in that way can people all over the world become His own.
32.16 Your new way of life henceforth in this kingdom
Once the Holy Spirit dwells inside you, if you are a brother, all the women will be your witnesses that you do not fornicate, that you are above board. No woman can induce you into fornication or adultery. The same applies in the case of a sister.
Brethren, we are bound to submit to His own teachings for it will give us life, peace, love, forgiveness, mercy, truth, meekness, temperance, endurance, tolerance and happiness; which will give us all the requirements necessary to have fellowship with the Holy Spirit. You will be generous to the poor and you will never claim ownership of anything. People will see this light of God shining in and around you. This is the highest and the last stage in Brotherhood of the Cross and Star.
It is because of this wonderful assignment of the Holy Spirit that the programme in Brotherhood of the Cross and Star is very congested with preaching in the morning, day, and night. We have no other duty than teaching to you the word of God, for it is the word alone that can transform you.
Do you not realize that once you are changed into the spiritual body, you will please him? That was the reason why he asked Peter whether he loved Him (Jesus Christ) more than any other in the world. That was the reason He said: “Upon this rock I will build my church”.
32.17 Our Lord Jesus Christ is on earth now
Paul the Apostle had the desire to resemble His master, that was why he denounced all those things that could have been gainful to Him, including His wife, children, position in the world so that he might resemble the Lord Jesus Christ and follow Him. Therefore, go and announce to the world that our Lord Jesus Christ has come as promised. He has come to change the vile body of man into a spiritual body. As soon as we abide by His teachings, we are changed and we shall be one with Him. He is again on earth now to achieve this for us.
32.18 You must surrender to God willingly
Do not forget this important fact that God does not want to come inside you by force. He only comes to you, if you are willing to accept Him. If you say no, He passes by. He will not come into some of us, because we still retain our sins. Therefore, it is left for us to refrain from sin completely and become as holy as He is so that he may take possession of us.
Did He not tell you that whoever loves his father, wife, children or his own life more than Him cannot be his disciple? That is why I always tell you, that this is a lucky generation because even Paul, Peter and all the children of God did not see the glory but were waiting for it. This glory is manifested in our midst in Brotherhood of the Cross and Star. We are very lucky.
If all the assignments of God ended in the raising of the dead, making the blind to see, the lame to walk, and other miracles, Paul, Peter and other disciples who were doing the same thing would not have been waiting for this time. They stated emphatically that they were waiting for something that was to come.
32.19 Seek after spiritual virtues of God
Do not put your minds in the things of the earth, but put your minds in the heavenly things so that the Holy Spirit will dwell in you. Do not thank God because he gives you money, storey buildings, cars and mundane things, rather thank God for reforming you from the vile body to his glorious spiritual body. Seek after this.
Brethren, I do not intend to be tedious with you, let all those who have ears let them hear, may the Lord bless His holy words; Amen.
THANK YOU FATHER