BAPTISM: WHO NEEDS IT, AND WHY?

1st Corinthians Chapter 15 verses 1 to End:

Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which
also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless
ye have believed in vain.
For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ
died for our sins according to the scriptures;
And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the
scriptures:
And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:
After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater
part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.
After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles.
And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.
For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle,
because I persecuted the church of God.
But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me
was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the
grace of God which was with me.
Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.
Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that
there is no resurrection of the dead?
But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:
And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also
vain.
Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that
he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.
For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:
And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.
Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that
slept.
For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are
Christ's at his coming.
Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the
Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.
For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.
The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all things are put
under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him.
And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be
subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.
Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at
all? why are they then baptized for the dead?
And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?
I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth
it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I
speak this to your shame.
But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?
Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:
And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare
grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:
But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.
All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another
flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.
There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the
celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.
There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of
the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in
incorruption:
It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is
raised in power:
It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body,
and there is a spiritual body.
And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was
made a quickening spirit.
Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and
afterward that which is spiritual.
The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.
As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such
are they also that are heavenly.
And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the
heavenly.
Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God;
neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall
sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on
immortality.
So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have
put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death
is swallowed up in victory.
O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the
work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
(1st Corinthians Chapter 15 verses 1 to 58).

Brethren, I have my reason for choosing that passage for you. Many people regard
Paul the Apostle as somebody who hated the early Christians, and so all his
statements are not taken seriously. But one thing they fail to understand is that
Our Lord Jesus Christ personally called him.

The statements he made were most the direct words of Our Lord Jesus Christ,
revealing the mysteries of the Kingdom spoken through him. I continually reveal all
this recondite wisdom to you so while in the midst of the worldly people, you might
not be a simpleton.

The worldly churches attach so much importance to the statements of John the
Baptist, and the gospel according to St. John, but attach little or no importance
to the preachings of Paul the Apostle whom they regarded as a demented fellow. Once
again, I want to draw your attention to this very important issue that most of the
time Paul acted as the mouthpiece of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

Acts Chapter 9 verses 3 to 19:

And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about
him a light from heaven:
And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why
persecutest thou me?
And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou
persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the
Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what
thou must do.
And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing
no man.
And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no man: but
they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus.
And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink.
And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and to him said the
Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord.
And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight,
and enquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he
prayeth,
And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on
him, that he might receive his sight.
Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he
hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem:
And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy
name.
But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear
my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.
And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him
said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as
thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with
the Holy Ghost.
And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: and he received
sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized.
And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul certain days with
the disciples which were at Damascus. (Acts Chapter 9 verses 3 to 19).

Our Lord Jesus Christ has categorically said, Paul was a vessel through which he
would reach kings and princes. The wisdom he got therefore should not be regarded
as a carnal one from his legal knowledge or that of social class in Judaism as a
Pharisee. Our Lord Jesus Christ really preached through him.

This sort of talent is not for all, as many people do not have this knowledge; Our
Lord Jesus Christ used many talented people like visioners and prophets to impart
His teachings to the world.

1st Corinthians Chapter 1 verse 17:

"For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of
words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect."

Have you heard that? Paul had not the assignment to baptize people; his job was to
preach the direct words of Our Lord Jesus Christ. This was not the legal wisdom he
acquired as a Pharisee. He was a mere instrument or the mouth piece of Our Lord
Jesus Christ.

If you say, Paul the Apostle made those statements himself, you are a blatant liar.
Similarly, the words spoken by Our Lord Jesus Christ were not his, they were the
direct words from God Himself.
John Chapter 14 verses 9 to 11

Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not
known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou
then, Shew us the Father?
Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I
speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth
the works.
Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for
the very works' sake. (John Chapter 14 verses 9 to 11).

Our Lord Jesus Christ could not have done anything without his Father doing it for
him. When he spoke, it was the Father that passed through him to speak. It is
therefore wrong to say, those words of Our Lord Jesus Christ were his. Those were
words directly spoken by God through him as His mouth piece. Our Lord Jesus Christ
himself confirmed it.

It is erroneous therefore to say, Our Lord Jesus Christ attended any worldly
university, after all it was God Himself who came down; otherwise, nobody would
have been competent enough to teach God. However, (as usual), the world did not
believe in Him. In order to blackmail Him, they simply referred to Him as the son
of Mary and Joseph the Carpenter.

John Chapter 7 verses 15 to 17:

And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?
Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God,
or whether I speak of myself. (John Chapter 7 verses 15 to 17).

Our Lord Jesus Christ also passed through Apostle Paul to reveal this wisdom which
the worldly astrologers could not discover. The words of Our Lord Jesus Christ were
words of life and prophecy, and so could not have been acquired in worldly
institutions of higher learning or universities. How many of you believe in
resurrection and that nobody dies?

The worldly people believe, once a person is dead, that is the end of that person,
and as such he or she is free to eat all he or she has, or does what he or she is
capable of doing; and their practice of the gospel should therefore be set aside.

1st Corinthians Chapter 15 verses 21 to 23:

For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are
Christ's at his coming. (1st Corinthians Chapter 15 verses 21 to 23).

If you believe, Our Lord Jesus Christ died and God caused Him to rise up again,
then those of you who believe in Him would also rise with Him. You continue to do
evil because you do not believe in God, you are confused and invariably you find it
difficult to refrain from sin.

Resurrection is the very foundation of our faith, after all there is nothing like
death for the children of the living God. If the dead had no hope of resurrection,
what then could have been the purpose of baptism? Do you not know, once you
believed and are baptized, you all become new creatures?

You should thank God for this secret revealed to you because once you are baptized
you become a changed person. Death has no dominion over you. Nor on those who may
not be here, but who have agreed to confess their sins, get immersed in water and
rise from it.

Your first death is when you are baptized; and then the second death has no
dominion over you, just exactly as the baptism which Our Lord Jesus Christ
obtained, made it impossible for death to have dominion over Him. For eternity, He
will never die, and those who believe in Him will never taste of death.

Whether you believe it or not, it is a statement of authority which cannot be

contested. Some people are wondering where the power in Brotherhood of the Cross
and Star comes from, whereby charms, apparition and even gun shots would not have
any effect on you. The answer is you all have become new creatures, though this
wisdom has eluded many of you.

Therefore when you come into Brotherhood, the first thing is to subject yourself to
this baptism of water; and the Holy Spirit, being the first death and the
resurrection, otherwise, your worldly wealth such as cars, skyscrapers, money will
mean nothing to you when that time comes.

Once again, I am revealing to you, the secret and the recondite wisdom in
Brotherhood is the water baptism of fire and the Holy Spirit. There is no amount of
research or secret investigation that could help you to know this secret. Preaching
carnally or giving money to people or going on ministry work cannot help you,
except you subject yourself to water baptism of fire and Holy Spirit.

John Chapter 3 verse 5:

Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and
of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. (John Chapter 3 verse 5).

Brethren, once you are baptized, old things are passed away, and new things set in,
and you become a new creature. Many people who have already been baptized in
orthodox churches, find it difficult to get baptized again in Brotherhood, in that
it is not that simple to just get baptized in Brotherhood if the Father does not
personally call you.

Some people can donate 5000 Naira, put on white soutane and even conduct feast with
fat sums of money, but yet they find it difficult to be baptized into the fold.

It is fallacious to say, those who are outside Brotherhood know Brotherhood more
than those in Brotherhood, because it is common knowledge, the day you are baptized
is the day you are liberated and justified; you become a new creature.

Our Lord Jesus Christ said, except a man be born of water and the Holy Ghost, he
cannot enter into the Kingdom. No amount of prayers, fasting, or oiling of your
eyes or ears can save you.

Some of you whose names were taken to secret courts spiritually or otherwise, had
them erased the moment you were baptized into the fold, if you can keep note of
what happens to you from day to day, you will be surprised, these are all strange
and you are now completely a new person.

For example, there was one brother who had a friend working in one of the big banks
in the country. His carnal father wanted to use this brother in the bank for their
annual ritual, (mystical), sacrifice, but fortunately for the brother he was
baptized into the fold of Brotherhood of the Cross and Star.

As soon as the brother got baptized, his name disappeared from the register of the
secret cult, and the process whereby this brother was to be destroyed by hanging
also vamoosed.

When the carnal father investigated, he discovered, this brother got baptized into
Brotherhood and so started making trouble with the brother who took his father to
Brotherhood. Eventually, he had to replace his son according to the laws and the
regulations of the secret cult, and so paid for his wicked deeds by his own death.

Mark Chapter 16 verses 16 to 18:

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall
be damned.
And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out
devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt
them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. (Mark Chapter 16
verses 16 to 18).

What meaning do you deduce from this passage? This is not a question of somebody
saying I am a pastor, a prophet, chorister, etc., water baptism is of great
significance, you must certainly partake of it before you are saved. If on the
contrary, you fail to believe or get baptized, you are condemned. It is compulsory.

Romans Chapter 6 verses 2 to 4:

God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized
into his death?
Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was
raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in
newness of life. (Romans Chapter 6 verses 2 to 4).

Have you heard that? Brethren, whatever may be your sins, it does not really matter
whether you were a thief, necromancer, juju priest, society man, once you believe
and receive water baptism, you are liberated and saved. But on the contrary, if you
stay in Brotherhood for more than 20 years without baptism, you have neither died
nor resurrected, you are damned.

Galatians Chapter 3 verses 26 to 28:

For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.

For as many of you as have been baptized 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. (Galatians Chapter 3 verses 26
to 28).

That is why Our Lord Jesus Christ has commissioned all His disciples to go into the
world to preach the gospel and to baptize in the Name of the Father, Son, and the
Holy Spirit.

Matthew Chapter 19 verse 28:

And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in
the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also
shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. (Matthew
Chapter 19 verse 28).

If you merely go to the sick and the afflicted and pray for them to get well or be
freed, do you think they are really saved? Can preaching alone save somebody?
Therefore brethren, you shall realize charm extraction, either from the body or
from the ground cannot save anybody. Donating motor cars to somebody or giving them
millions of naira cannot save anybody. Those who are never baptized shall neither
be saved nor have the chance of resurrection.

Even Our Lord Jesus Christ, if He was not baptized He would not have got the power
to resurrect when He died. It is only Adam alone who came directly from Jehovah God
that did not receive this water baptism, but everybody else born of woman must, as
a matter of truth, partake of this baptism of water, and the Holy Spirit, be you a
pastor, a pope, or a reverend gentleman. This takes your iniquities away and you
become a changed person. All cases pending in spiritual courts or elsewhere against
you, are set aside and you become free.

For example, there was a certain person from Ogoja who was capable of changing or
turning himself into different objects such as stones. But as soon as he was
baptized into Brotherhood, he was changed into a new creature, the capability to
turn into other objects was taken away from him.

That water is the Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and that is why a personality
like Dr. Aggarwal of India refused to subject himself to the water baptism, as this
makes the receivers new creatures.

Revelation Chapter 7 verses 1 to 15:

And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth,
holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth,
nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God:
and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the
earth and the sea,
Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the
servants of our God in their foreheads.
And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred
and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were
sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand.
Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nepthalim were
sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand.
Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were
sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand.
Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were
sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.
After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all
nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before
the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the
throne, and unto the Lamb.
And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four
beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,
Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and
power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.
And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in
white robes? and whence came they?
And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which
came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in
the blood of the Lamb.
Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his
temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. (Revelation
Chapter 7 verses 1 to 15).

What do you understand by the statement which says, "these are they which came out
of great tribulation." (Revelation Chapter 7 verse 14). I am saying emphatically,
once you confess your sins and are baptized, all your sins are taken away and you
become new creatures, and as you are all here, you are no more your old selves.

Colossians Chapter 3 verse 11:

Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian,
Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all. (Colossians Chapter 3 verse
11).

Once you are put into water during baptism, the Father takes dominion over your
body and you become justified. When gospels are preached at times you become
perturbed, you need not feel so because the water baptism you received has taken
care of that.

God does not behave the way human beings do. Therefore he saves you because you
serve Him; and He has even saved you when you did not believe in Him so you may
have nothing to say or to boast of. Also, God does not take away your tribulations,
sickness or what have you, because you make feast or pay tithes. He does so out of
his sheer loving kindness.

Many of you here have the Father nearest to you even when you blaspheme greatly
against His Holy name. He comes much closer to you even when you needed Him not, so
you may have nothing to boast of.

As a matter of fact, it is only men who need gratification, glory and thanks, when
they help you. But God is not interested in that. He continues to help you despite
your ingratitude or lack of hearts of thankfulness.

Romans Chapter 9 verses 25 and 26:

As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and
her beloved, which was not beloved.
And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are
not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God. (Romans
Chapter 9 verses 25 and 26).

If you do something for your fellow man and he fails to thank you, another time you
will not help him, but God is not like that. After all God is not so poor as to
demand gifts from you whenever He helps you. God does not do something for you to
know Him; rather He honours words of His promise more than anything else.

It is great disrespect or outright blasphemy for you to write a letter and enclose
money for God or make lame promises that if God does this or that for you, you
would do this or that. God does His things in the way He likes and therefore needs
nobody to direct or advise Him.

Matthew Chapter 5 verses 44 and 45:

But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them
that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his
sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the
unjust. (Matthew Chapter 5 verses 44 and 45).

In the worldly churches people are made to pay certain amounts of money before they
are made a pastor or prophet, or an elder; and when they are confirmed, they also
pay some money, but it is wrong for one to intend to offer God money before
something is done for him. It is an act of blasphemy. God can only give, He cannot
receive.

It is customary, whenever you give out your daughter in marriage, you receive
money, that is, what you call dowry, but you simply forget, God gives you life,
food, water and air free of charge, and in addition, He makes you healthy and rich.
Why do you have to charge other people when you do something for them? May be
because you need money so badly. But you should realize, not all who pursue money
madly, have it.

For instance there is a certain man in Calabar who married forty wives and is only
able to have three children, two have died and only one child is now left for him.
If God does not elevate you, you cannot elevate yourself. God promotes those He
likes and in doing this, there is nobody to challenge or question Him for doing so.

Romans Chapter 9 verse 16:

So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that
sheweth mercy. (Romans Chapter 9 verse 16).

God does not give or take bribes, therefore, He raises you up or brings you down
when He pleases. He does with you what He wants, and there is nothing you can do
about it.

Matthew Chapter 10 verse 8:

Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have
received, freely give. (Matthew Chapter 10 verse 8).

The words spoken to you are made manifest today. I want to reveal to you, not many
of you will sleep, when you shall have been changed.

Many worldly churches want to keep morning and evening prayers just as Brotherhood
is doing, but do you notice, most of these pastors or prophets or priests do sleep
till 12 noon without waking up? But you, who wake up as soon as it is 5 AM, did you
ever think you will walk on bare feet? But right now the Father is doing His work
in you. The worldly people think, you are poor demented fellows. Once you come out
from the water baptism, you start speaking in tongues; calling the Father,
"Wonderful Father." Formerly you used to go about with a bevy of girls, smoking,
snuffing, drinking and fornicating, but now you are a changed person, a new
creature, you regard these vices as evil.

You keep on calling the Father and attributing everything happening to you as being
done by the Father and the Father passing through everything. You no longer say
that this or that will happen to you in the next generation, but have the
anticipation, all good things will come to you in this life. You no longer observe
special mealtimes, three or two times daily at a specific time, but you eat any
time the Father permits; even at midnight.

You have no more specialist doctors, or consultants for the treatment of your
family; taking drugs daily in order to keep fit. No more regulations for playing
games or sleeping, everything is planned and executed for you by the Father, you no
longer own yourself, the Father is in everything and is doing everything for you.
You now regard people who smoke, drink, snuff or prostitute as demented fellows.

While in the world, you were always fearful and you were with problems of one sort
or the other at all times, and you were afraid of even your shadows. But now you
are free from all these tribulations.

In the world you never went out in the night because you suspected everything and
everybody around you, but now all things are friends and brothers and mean no harm
to you. Some of your friends are trying to stop smoking and snuffing like you, but
they cannot do it because of the evil spirits which are still taking dominion over
them, and unless they put on the new creature, which is Our Lord Jesus Christ, it
will not be possible. Those of you who were easily irritated, now you no longer get
easily annoyed. And as recorded in 1st Corinthians Chapter 15 verses 49 to 51 you
have been changed.

1st Corinthians Chapter 15 verses 49 to 51:

And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the
heavenly.
Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God;
neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed.
(1st Corinthians Chapter 15 verses 49 to 51).

There has never been any expression of love in man except in Jehovah God and His
Christ. Has any man ever got the attributes of God such as love, joy, peace,
humility, faith, hope, etc.? Have you ever seen a person who is addressed as a
witch, bloodsucker, yet he never takes people to court and he is never worried or
annoyed for being so addressed? When you drive him away he comes again to you? In
years gone by, you were going about with baskets of tribulations and tears, but
today, you are all changed into new creatures without problems.

John Chapter 14 verse 12:

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall
he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
(John Chapter 14 verse 12).

You are now free from all types of encumbrances in life. The churches which burn
candles, beat drums, and burn incenses cannot raise the dead, but in Brotherhood,
there is no burning of candles, incense or beating of drums, yet numerous miracles
are being performed daily in different parts of the world.

While you were in the world, you decorated yourselves with various types of mystic
rings or talismen, charms and amulets, yet various types of problems and sicknesses
engulfed you, and you, with your bucket of tears, roaming about the world
hopelessly in search of salvation. But right now you are free.

Some of you who could not see vision go to necromancers to preach to them. Some of
your friends refuse to greet you or shake hands with you, because they are now
afraid of the Father who is in you, and some close their doors against you. Those
who wanted to destroy you with some diabolical means, now run away whenever they
see you because they think, you have been initiated into one of the highest and the
most powerful societies in the world. As a matter of fact, nobody believes, there
is nothing diabolical in Brotherhood, except those who are physically here.

If you go to offer someone prayers the first day, the second day the person will
not accept it from you because the prayers offered the previous day had rendered
all the person's charms and concoctions useless. This is so because Our Lord Jesus
Christ takes dominion over you and as such no evil things could prevail any more.

Some of you, on whose lives several attempts had been made, are now being
blackmailed. They say the "Leader" gives you something to use for protection. Any
place your names are taken to, the concoctions or charms there are rendered
useless.

The people of the world can recommend any kind of church for you to attend, but as
for Brotherhood nobody wants its existence. While in the world you hardly ever
speak in the public or before people, but right now you are bold and courageous
enough to stand before people anywhere and speak confidently. All these are
possible because of the water baptism you received.

1st Corinthians Chapter 15 verses 35 to 40:

But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?
Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:
And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare
grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:
But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.
All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another
flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.
There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the
celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. (1st Corinthians
Chapter 15 verses 35 to 40).

There are bodies which are of the earth, and are earthy and those from above are
heavenly. For example, when you plant yam tubers in the ground, these will die and
bring forth fresh, new and better yams of their kind.

The explosive population in Nigeria shortly after the civil war was a result of the
many people who died, went and multiplied and came back. You often see various
types of rats, flies, bats, wall ghecko, etc., changing themselves into various
planes of creations.

As your faces are different so also are your various places of abode; as many of
you are from the moon, sun, stars, water, etc. You ought to look at nature very
objectively because His wisdom is beyond the research of man's understanding. If
the yam tubers buried in the ground do not die, new yam tubers cannot, (for sure),
be harvested.

Malachi Chapter 4 verses 2 to 6:

But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in
his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your
feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.
Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for
all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and
dreadful day of the LORD:
And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the
children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse. (Malachi
Chapter 4 verses 2 to 6).

A time shall come when even your elder brother who died will come to disclose to
you, he is your brother, but you will not know him. You have heard, Elijah was
transformed, but should the people keep the picture of Elijah to compare with his
former face, they will see that it is not the same. While he is the same person.
They doubted him because of their unreasonableness. Who was John the Baptist? He
was Elijah. (Matthew Chapter 11 verse 14). Men are just like yam tubers, they go
and multiply, just as Jehovah God had said, but the process is a mystery not known
to humanity.
Luke Chapter 1 verse 17:

And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of
the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make
ready a people prepared for the Lord. (Luke Chapter 1 verse 17).

(See Matthew Chapter 11 verses 12 to 14)

And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth
violence, and the violent take it by force. For all the prophets and the law
prophesied until John. And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to
come. (Matthew Chapter 11 verses 12 to 14).

(See Also Mark Chapter 9 verses 11 to 13)

And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come? And he
answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and
how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at
nought. But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done unto him
whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him. (Mark Chapter 9 verses 11 to 13).

Brethren, you will realize, then there is nothing in changing you, into newer and
more beautiful creatures; as many of you have come as much as five times; though it
is not meant for you to know. This is just God's purpose as the only King who knows
the secret of His Kingdom.

Brethren, I shall not be tedious unto you. Let my peace and blessing remain and
abide with you. Amen.

THANK YOU FATHER.