First Bible Lesson: Luke 4:18-19
The Spirit of the lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the broken hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
Second Bible Lesson: Matthew 28:19-20
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Golden Text: Matthew 10:8
"Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils; freely ye have received, freely give."
Brethren, it appears to me that the gospel which the Father will deliver this morning will form the Handbook of the Crusaders. Whosoever, therefore, is not prepared to take up this assignment as his bounding duty, should not address himself as a Crusader. All those who have been anointed, and upon whom the Spirit of God has rested, are Crusaders.
You Cannot Preach Unless You Are Sent Forth. (Rom 10:15)
This was the vision which Isaiah the Prophet had. (Isaiah 52:7). This prophecy concerns you, and me, and them and those He has anointed. That is why Our Lord Jesus Christ has said that except a man be born of water and of Spirit he cannot do the work of God. (John 3:5). No person can preach the Word of God. No person can heal the sick and no person can afford to show the expression of love, or patience except he is sent forth by God. This Gospel will constitute your hand-book. It is going to be written and published into a pamphlet; so that wherever you go, you can present it as your letter of authority. And more importantly, it is this gospel that you will put as the armour of God, wear as your uniform, as your hat and as your shoes.
Know Your Divinely Assigned Duties
Why your problems? Do you not know the cause of your problems? The Spirit of God is upon you because He has anointed you to preach the gospel to the poor. He has sent you to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives and the recovering of sight to the blind and to set at liberty them that are bruised, and to preach the acceptable year of the Lord. Have you taken up this assignment? Is there any person, in the whole Brotherhood world, upon whom the Spirit of God has not rested? Is there any Crusader who will argue that the Spirit of God is not upon him? Is there any Elder, or Chorister, or Ordained one who can argue that the Spirit of God is not in him? Why then do you complain that you do not know your duty? Why do you ask what your assignment should be? Your duty is to preach the word of God to all the inhabitants of the world. Go and preach the recovering of sight to the blind. Preach that those who are oppressed should be liberated. Preach that those who are bruised should be set at liberty. Teach the people to practise the Word of God. Preach to the people to refrain from fornication, falsehood, indulgence in the preparation of concoctions, theft and from all other vices taught to you by God Himself.
You have been informed why you have to preach. You do not have to go out to preach with your earthly wisdom and experience or wisdom of the world. Go to the government departments and show the civil servants the truth. Enter the firms, companies, boards and corporations, go to the church denominations; go to the villages and towns and preach to the oppressors that they should set at liberty those they continue to oppress. Make the blind to see, the lame to walk, the deaf to hear and dumb to speak and the lepers to be cleansed, and also prophesy.
You Have Been Anointed To Preach
Your trouble is that you have rejected the invitation extended to you. This invitation is not extended to you by the government. You did not call yourself, (John 15:16) but it is your Creator, the God who created you, with whom you existed before the foundations of the world were laid, He has anointed you for this divine assignment. Not only when you are ordained, but every person has been anointed and adorned for the assignment.
You were invited not only to see visions because that is secondary but that you should preach the good tidings of this Kingdom to the poor, preach deliverance to the captives, preach the recovering of sight to the blind, to heal the broken hearted and to set at liberty them who are bruised. This assignment is not only for you but also for all the inhabitants of the world. Can you see the person who has sent you? It is God Almighty who has commissioned you to take up the assignment in all parts of the world.
You Are Appointed By The Spirit Of God
The spirit of the Lord is upon you because he has anointed you to preach the New Kingdom of God. You are not chosen by any human being but God Almighty has elected you as His 'Christ,' to go forth and spread the good news of this Kingdom, and reveal the glory of God.
It is said: "all those who call upon the Name of the Lord will be saved". (Acts 2:21). The question is, how shall they call upon Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him, of whom they have not heard. And how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach except they be sent? (Rom 10:14-15). But today the picture is different. The Spirit of the Lord is upon you because he has anointed you to preach the recovering of the sight to the blind. Preach deliverance to the captives. Preach to the oppressors to set at liberty them that are bruised, both men and women in all places, there should be no division among persons. All segregative and discriminatory tendencies should be stopped forthwith.
Preach from the top of a mountain that the Kingdom of God has come. Preach from the valleys that the Kingdom has already arrived.
You Were Not Called To Farm But To Preach
There is no other assignment you have, which is greater than this, because it is the assignment God has set aside for you, to spread the glad tidings of great joy to all the inhabitants of the world. Your commercial activities are but secondary to this assignment. Your governorship position is also secondary but also for yourself aggrandizement. All these trades help you to earn a living but your divinely assigned duty is that the Spirit of the Lord is upon you because he has anointed you to declare the good news of this Kingdom to people in the world.
The reason of your being sent to this plane of manifest is that you should preach the glory of God. Brethren, the die will soon be cast, the time is at hand, that explains why the whole world is now shaking. You have been sent forth to preach the Word of God but it is observed that many of you are Jonahs. God has sent you forth, but you have refused to take up the assignment.
Worship God In Spirit And In Truth
To worship God is spirit and in truth, is to preach the word of God. There is no other way of worshipping God except by preaching the word of God. The Scriptures have confirmed that true worshippers must worship God in Spirit and in Truth. (John 4:23). The essence of worshipping God in Spirit and in Truth is to preach the gospel of God, preach the good tidings to the poor, preach and heal the broken hearted, preach deliverance to the captives, preach the recovering of sight to the blind, preach to and set at liberty those who are bruised and preach the acceptable year of the Lord. Preach to the people. Point out and rebuke them of their offenses. Proclaim the Kingdom of God and reveal His glory to the whole world.
The Position Of Sonship Of God Is Not Purchasable
You are true witnesses to the fact that our Lord Jesus Christ is the Great Shepherd of the sheep. He is the chairman of the Crusaders Fellowship. He has commissioned all his elects into the world to preach the word of God, because the Spirit of God is now upon them. As you are aware the mother of the two sons of Zebedee went to our Lord Jesus Christ and asked Him to grant that her two sons should sit one on His right hand and the other on the left in His glory. (Matt 20:21-23). He asked her: Can they drink of the cup that I drink of? And be baptized with the baptism that I am baptised with? She answered in the affirmative, and He said: they will drink, indeed, of the cup that I drink of, and with the baptism that I am baptized with shall they be baptized, but to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give but it shall be given to them for whom it was prepared of my Father. Examine that statement of Our Lord Jesus Christ, it symbolizes that you are those who sit on his right or left hand. The position of the sonship of God is not purchasable till eternity. The position allocated to you is as one upon whom the Spirit of the Lord is bestowed. For you to be commissioned by God to preach His Word, and for you to be elected as the beloved child of God, wields a great significance; and the glory is not only great but also incomprehensible.
The Christ Is Glorified
As Our Lord Jesus Christ had said, the time is ripe for the Son of man to be glorified. (John 13:31). He says except a corn of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone but if it dies it brings forth much fruit. (John 12:24). You can realise that he has yielded many fruits. In his last advent, he was the only person upon whom the Spirit of Jehovah was bestowed that he should preach deliverance to the captives and the recovering of sight to the blind.
Upon the millions of people whom John baptized the Spirit of the Lord was not upon any of them. Upon the number of people that the disciples of Our Lord Jesus Christ baptized (John 4:2), none of them was bestowed with the Spirit of God. Even the disciples who accompanied him, the Spirit of God was not upon any of them.
Notice the significance of something you are toying with. God has elected you as His Christ, His beloved son, bestowing on you power and wisdom and certain duties but you do not appreciate. It is said For this promise is unto you and your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord Our God shall call. (Acts 2:39). How then will you be able to serve God when the Spirit of God is not upon you? How will you preach the Word of God when you do not receive the Word of God? If God does not dwell in you, and you in Him, how will you preach the word of God? For he whom God has sent, speaks the Word of God, and God does not give him Spirit by measure. (John 3:34). Do you realize now that God has come down to dwell in you? God has given His words, His Spirit, His power, His wisdom and His love unto you, you should, therefore go forth to spread that love by practical demonstration. You should go and unite the whole world because it is said whoever suffers from scabies is given long nails to scratch his body.
Many Are Called But Few Are Chosen (Matt 22:14)
He has selected you into His Kingdom. Though he had seen the whites, the blacks, the colored, the millionaires, yet He has chosen you who are not regarded, according to His promise, that the weak things of this world might be used to confound the things which are mighty (1 Cor 1:27). It is not a new thing, even from the beginning of the world, that the gospel of God has always been fulfilled on the despised and the rejected. It is said many are called but few are chosen. (Matt 22:14).
The Crusaders have now realized that their major assignment is to preach and practise the Word of God all over the world, in all nooks and corners, and to reveal the glory of God. It is not the duty of Crusaders to build Bethels. But the Spirit of God is upon them that they should go and preach the Kingdom of God and to win souls unto God. They have not been commissioned to go and build a bethel where a few persons gather for the purpose of worshipping. Crusaders, have you not realised that it is your assignment to go forth and make all nations know themselves?
Preach The Word Of God Not With Wisdom Of Words
Those who set up small bethels where a few persons gather to worship have been destined so to do, but they are not Crusaders. Wherever you see a permanent concrete building, there is also wattle and thatch building. Whenever you find pieces of gold, there must also be found pieces of wood. You were elected to preach the Word of God not with experience, or wisdom of words or with the craftiness of the world lest the Cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ should be made of none effect (1 Cor 1:17). We should, therefore, accept this onerous assignment with great joy.
There are other sheep outside. When you go to work among them, the Spirit of Jehovah will be upon them. You will be united together with them. Any person upon whom the Spirit of Jehovah has not rested, should lament because he is not yet required by God, and you have no reason to blame him. If he wants to engage in any venture whether farming or trading or contracting, allow him since he has not yet been elected. Nevertheless, it is said that any person who lacks, let him ask of God who gives to all men liberally.
The whites are prepared to take up this assignment but the Spirit of the Lord is not upon them. It is your duty to go to them and preach the gospel so that they shall be endowed with the Holy Spirit, because they are willing to do this work diligently and devotedly. Brethren, I do not intend to overload you with this food, the first lesson will now be read.
First Bible Lesson: Luke 4:18-19
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised.
To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
There Should Be No Discrimination
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised.
To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
There Should Be No Discrimination
Brethren, have you heard your assignment read out to you? It is your duty to preach the gospel and reveal this Kingdom to the unbelievers. Go and preach deliverance to those who continue to enslave and oppress others. Preach to those who continue to show divisive, segregative and discriminatory tendencies. Go to those who are divided among the various church denominations and secret societies and religions, those who are and ethnocentric, preach to them that the Kingdom is at hand that there should be no distinction and differentiation among people and groups, that there is no division between the Jews and the Greeks.
Preach The Word Of God Always
The major assignment for you all, is to preach the word of God. Do you know that to worship God in Spirit and in Truth, is to preach the word of God? There is no other way of salvation. Whether you knock your head on the ground or on heaven if you do not preach the gospel it is evident that you have not worshipped God in Spirit and in Truth. If you like, fast for forty days and forty nights but if you do not preach the gospel to the poor, heal the brokenhearted, preach the recovering of sight to the blind, preach to infidels and idolaters, causing them to refrain from idolatry and be endowed with the Spirit of God, and preach the acceptable year of the Lord, you have not done anything. It is of none effect for you to extract charms from someone but you do not preach to him the word of God. It does not serve any useful purpose for you to give thousands of naira to someone but you fail to preach the gospel to him.
It means that you have not done the work of God at all. Preach the word of God always. Preach in the morning and in the evening, preach at dawn and at dusk. Preach in the night and during the day. Preach the word of God inside the sea, in the air, on hill tops, in valleys, in the desert place and everywhere all the days of your life. If you do not preach the word of God for a single minute, you have erred, because it is your divinely assigned duty to preach the word of God.
Only The Word Of God Can Redeem The World
What will make this world good? It is the Word of God. What will make it bad? It is the word of God also. The word of God is a two-edged sword and those who receive the word of God are saved, and those who reject the word of God are doomed. If you do not preach the word of God to those who worship mermaid, those who indulge in the preparations of concoctions, those who hate their brothers and also steal, how will they refrain from these vices?
If Jonah had not gone to Nineveh to preach repentance to the people, what would have prompted them to repent and be saved? (Jonah 1:2,17). Remember what happened to Jonah when he refused to carry out the divine message. So it is with many children of Brotherhood all over the world. The Spirit of the Lord is upon all of them to preach deliverance to the captives, the recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised and to preach the acceptable year of the Lord. But they refuse to comply with the assignment and rather look for money, motor vehicle and wife; and tell lies and steal.
How will the unbelievers be converted, if there is no preacher? If you browse through "the Memorandum of Brotherhood of the Cross and Star" the provision spells out that the duty of all Brotherhood is to preach the word of God from house to house and from town to town in all places, in the church, in the government offices, in the forest, on mountains and in the seas.
It Is Better To Preach Than To Serve Tables
Remember, in those days, when the Jews were involved in the sharing of food, there was a great murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews because their widows were neglected in the daily administration. This prompted the twelve disciples to summon the multitude of the disciples and explain that it was not expedient that they should leave the word of God and serve tables and so asked them to look among themselves seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom whom they may appoint over that business. But "we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word. (Acts 6:1-4).
Prayer Is The Key To Heaven
To worship God in Spirit and in truth is preaching the Word of God unceasingly, always, preaching and praying. For the Spirit is prayer and the truth is the word of God. Brethren, if you do not pray, it will be impossible that you can preach the word of God, because the key which was handed over to Peter was prayer. But it is a pity that many of you here do not pray, since you are consoled that the Father is always praying for everybody. This is erroneous, you should always pray fervently that the gate may be opened for you.
Pray Without Ceasing (2 Tim 4:2)
Before you fast, you have to pray because fasting and prayer go hand in hand. There is no other way, you cannot commune and have fellowship with God, except through prayer. He has reminded us in the Scriptures that we should pray without ceasing; and that men ought always to pray and not to faint. (Luke 18:1). Pray as you are sitting there. Pray when you are walking along the road. Before you eat, pray. Before you do anything, pray. If you do not pray, it is that you are not led by the Spirit of God. The injunction of worshipping God in Spirit and in truth is by preaching. It is the duty not only of Crusaders but also of all Brotherhood as well as children of God in this New World.
Pray That God Should Give You Boldness To Preach
Do you remember when the chief priests called Peter and the other Apostles and commanded them not to speak at all, nor teach in the Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ; but Peter stood up and interrogated them whether it was right in the sight of God to hearken unto men more than unto God, judge it yourself? "For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard" (Acts 4 :19-20). Being let go, they went to their company and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them. When the disciples heard that, they lifted up their voices to God with one accord and prayed: "Lord thou art God, which hast made heaven and earth and the sea and all that in them is. And now, O Lord, behold their threatenings and grant unto your servants, that with all boldness they may speak your word." (Acts 4:29).
That is the type of prayer that Brotherhood children should offer that the Father should instill in them boldness to preach; and not to pray God to give you money, or motor vehicles or children or to be promoted or to pass examination, which will never be answered by God. It is advised that we should not pray God for carnal things but for Spiritual things. Pray God to give you the power to preach the Word of God with boldness, and when this Spirit rests upon every person, you will stand before the governor, or president or king or queen, or any other person and speak the Word of God with boldness, and without fear or favor.
Stewards Of The Christ Should Be Faithful
Can you confirm that the gospel preached by the Father is the type you preach? Your fear lies in the fact that you cannot preach exactly as the Father since you cannot practise the words of God because when you preach any gospel to your congregation, members will ask you whether you practiced what you preach. That is why the Scripture directs that we be accounted for as the ministers of Our Lord Jesus Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God, and that it is required in stewards that we, as stewards, be found faithful. (1 Cor 4:1-2).
The reason for your failure is that you have deliberately refused to practise the word of God. The purpose of inviting you to this World Wide Crusaders' Week is to adorn you with the whole armor of God, to give you the ability and power to practise the Words of God to others who cannot hear from the horse's mouth. We have no other duty to perform apart from making the inhabitants of the world to repent and follow God.
Preach Boldly Before Kings
This is the era of the glory of God. Before the president, or governors or other functionaries are duly elected into office, there must be a heated and long-drawn political campaign by the party agents to tell people how the candidate is good and honest and how interesting the manifestos of the party are. Have you not heard that we have been selected to go forth and campaign for our Lord Jesus Christ? That the Christ has come, God has come Himself, that He is manifesting Himself everywhere and that people should refrain from all appearances of evil.
Reveal to them the mighty works that He has wrought and how He has saved and healed many. Do not direct any person to go to Calabar, or to Lagos or to Britain. Wherever you go, as soon as the people accept baptism, the Spirit of the Lord will be bestowed on them, and they will also begin to preach and practice the word of God. Any person who is not bestowed with the Spirit of the Lord is empty and cannot do anything. Those who have not yet been bestowed with the Spirit of the Lord should weep and lament and seek after him by all means.
Do Not Sow The Seed Of Division But Preach Love
Why all the church denominations are empty is that the Spirit of God is not upon them. You cannot be annoyed with them because if the Spirit of the Father is not upon you, it will be impossible that you can do this work. God has specifically ordained you as His elects and a peculiar people and bestows His Spirit on you that go forth and preach to the people, preach deliverance to the captives, the recovering of sight to the blind. It is not your assignment to abuse or curse them and cause division among the people. There is no use your going into any Christian Church to tell people to transfer into Brotherhood, this is erroneous. That is not your assignment. Already all the inhabitants of the world are Brotherhood. It is your duty to unite them in love. Impart the teachings and doctrines of Our Lord Jesus Christ to the people the world over so that they obtain their freedom and that they no longer indulge in the acts of theft, idolatry, fornication and whoremongering and from the preparations of concoction.
The Word Of God Surpasses Everything
As long as the church denominations continue to tell lies, indulge in the preparations of concoction, drink and fornicate, they serve no useful purpose to God, their number not withstanding. No matter how numerous the members of the church, and if they construct a very large building, they are of none effect to God as long as they continue to indulge in the preparations of concoction, light the candle, beat the drum and fornicate.
It is for this reason that the Spirit of the Lord is upon you because He has anointed you to preach the Gospel to them. Even if high secret society men and high lodge members and millionaires congregate at one place and build a magnificent place for their meeting, in so far as they indulge in envying, quarrelling, division and malice their congregation is not pleasing in the sight of God. It is therefore, your duty to preach to them that this is the time of mercy and that they should put on the Word of God as an armor.
Without The Spirit Of God There Is No Life
Hold fast to the Spirit that the Father has bestowed on you, because if it is taken away from you, you will perish. No person can live without the Spirit of God. Remember, when on the Cross, Our Lord Jesus Christ prayed saying, Father into thy hands I commend my Spirit, (Luke 23:46) He gave up the ghost. Thereafter the Apostles were overwhelmed with fear, none of them remembered any of His doctrines and they all retired to their various trades and villages. But after resurrection, He appeared and charged them to go and wait in Jerusalem until they be clothed with power from on high. If they were not clothed with Spirit and power, they would not preach or practise the teachings of the Christ till today.
Brethren, the gift endowed upon you by God at this end of time is better imagined than described, because it is wonderful. For a man to be a money magnate, a millionaire but devoid of this Spirit, he is not loved by God, neither has he been endowed with any divine gift. If any person boasts that God loves him because he has the Ph.D degree, and that he is a millionaire, ask him if the Spirit of the Lord is upon him. If his answer is the negative, tell him he is not loved by God. Any person who is not endowed with the Holy Spirit must indulge in the preparation of concoction, fornicate, tell lies, steal. He is not alive because he is dead and rotten.
Prayer And Fasting Are Weapons Of War
The only request you should make is that you should always ask the Father to give you power to preach the Word of God boldly, and the Father will hearken to your prayers. Your weapons of war and your preparedness are fasting and prayer always. A great many people argue that the work of Crusaders requires a lot of money. I tell you, it requires no money, nor food, because all the food and money in the world belong to the Father. He owns everything. Observe how sickly, wretched, how emaciated we are and how darkness has covered the world. You find a Bishop with talisman around his neck, and Archbishop with protective ring and belt, a traditional ruler with talisman. Church members, government officials, the presidents, the governors and the ministers all indulge themselves in the preparation of concoction, charm and talisman.
Whereas the Bible states that: thou shall have no other gods before me. (Ex 20:2). All those who indulge in charms, necromancing and preparation of concoction stand condemned. They are also beset with death, sickness and tribulation. That is why all Crusaders have been charged to preach the word of God from house to house and from one community to the other, both by day and by night, to save the world from destruction.
Those who enslave themselves in these diabolical things have the erroneous belief that God helps those who help themselves, and it is for this reason that the wrath of God is visited upon the children of disobedience. It is for that cause that you are sent forth to preach the Word of God to them that God Himself, the Creator of heaven and earth, is on earth as the only protector and guardian.
Who says that you are not saved? You are saved. The true worshippers worship God in Spirit and in truth. The Word of God, prayer and fasting are your only weapon because you have neither charms nor concoction nor ghost. Since you have been endowed with the Spirit of God, you alone have the ability to save the world. The world cannot save itself. Let us now have our second lesson.
Second Bible Lesson: Matthew 28:19-20
"Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world."
Unification Of All Races Is The Most Important Work
Brethren, have you heard what your assignment is? Notice the type of duty that you are toying with. Realise why you have no peace in your life, you are always beset with divers problems. But this is the time of grace and the era of mercy; but after that comes judgment. Have you heard your commission? Our Lord Jesus Christ charges you to go and make all nations his disciples baptizing them in the Name of the Father and of the Son of the Holy Ghost; teaching them to observe all things whatsoever He has commanded you. Go and preach to the whites teaching them that they should be united with other races of mankind. The work of unification is the work referred to, by Our Lord Jesus Christ, as the work greater than the one He did. The greatest work is the amalgamation of the entire human races.
Go And Make All Nations God's Disciples
If you heal the sick, Our Lord Jesus Christ also healed the sick. If you seek after only people from your own tribe, Our Lord Jesus Christ was also looking for the lost sheep of Israel. Your assignment is now spelt out. You should go and make all Nations the disciples of God. You should not confine yourself within the Cross River State or Imo State or even within Nigeria or Africa but you should go to all parts of the world and evangelize the people.
Remember what He said. He who believes and is baptized shall be saved but he who believes not shall be condemned. (Mark 16:16). 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 anything deadly, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. (Mark 16:17-18). You have now been charged to go and make all nations the disciples of God and baptize them in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. The implication of this is that there should be no division and discrimination.
Brethren, if the unification of Nigeria is a task very difficult to accomplish, will it not be an up-hill task to unite the whole world? This assignment does not consist in your celebrating the feast and testifying that your family is saved, but in your going to preach in order to make all nations the disciples of Christ.
Signs Of Those Who Are Saved
You have gone to Europe, America and Asia as well as other parts of the world and you really see the extensiveness of the world. But when you return from ministry work from your local area you ask your wife to fan you. What really have you done? Some of you after you have been baptized put up a bethel and sit in there always to worship. There is no duty more important than the one of going out to preach the word of God, and to baptize people.
Our Lord Jesus Christ says, I use the Spirit of God to drive away the evil spirit from you, and you receive the Holy Spirit. (Matt 12:28). Whoever receives the Spirit of God will be saved. When he accepts baptism he is saved. It is said he who believes and is baptized will be saved; and these signs will follow them that believe. In my name they will cast out devils, they will speak with new tongues, they shall take up the serpent, and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not hurt them, if they lay their hands on the sick they will recover (Mark 16:16-18).
Peter Baptized 3,000 In A Day. How Many Have You Baptized?
Why is it that only twelve disciples converted thousands of people but a whole bunch of you have not converted many people? Peter alone baptized about 3,000 people in one day. (Acts 2:41). None of you have ever baptized up to a thousand persons. When you go on ministry work you always pack members into large luxurious buses for ministry work. When you reach your destination you all remain in the bethel, sing, dance and eat feast, the following morning you board your bus again and return to your houses. You do not preach to people in the town, nor do you baptize any person. At times you travel in a car to Lagos, what about all the villages, towns and communities you pass through. Have you already preached to them?
The passage requires that you should go and make all nations God's disciples, At other times you board a plane and travel to Britain or America. What about all the countries you fly across, have you made them the disciples of Our Lord Jesus Christ?
I am consoled that only the Crusaders have listened to my instruction. The Pastors undertook a ministry work to Britain and Rome in Italy to see the Vatican City. How many people did they baptize in either London or Rome? Advise people not to indulge any longer in the preparation of concoctions, preach to them and also pray for them.
You Fear People, But God Is No Respecter Of Persons (Acts 10:34)
Your father is still snuffing. Instead of preaching to him to refrain from snuffing, you call him to kneel down and receive your prayers. When you deal with a very important personality, you will tell him to follow you to Calabar to see the Father, instead of your teaching him the truth, that he should repent and confess his sins and be baptized. You are true witnesses that no persons come to me without my advising them to be baptized in order to be saved. Your problem is that you are always afraid of people. Your duty is to go and make all nations the disciples of Our Lord Jesus Christ, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, teaching them to observe all things whatsoever He has commanded. Do you think that your duty is to extract charms from people's bodies? It is not. Rather your duty is to preach and pray. Crusaders have been told to go and preach the gospel and make all nations the disciples of God. If you do not baptize people in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, you have failed in your divinely assigned duties. By the same token if you do not teach them to observe all things whatsoever the Lord has commanded, and to refrain from sin, you have failed. Has he directed you to tell the people that Olumba Olumba Obu is God or the Christ or the Holy Spirit? Is such proclamation your assignment? If you tell people that Olumba Olumba Obu is God but you fail to baptize and preach the word of God to them, what reward have you?
Hail The Supernatural Teacher
I am a Supernatural Teacher, I teach you the Word of God, I do not read, I do not learn. I preach the Truth, without adding or subtracting. I am the Truth and the Faithful. Brotherhood is the Word of God. I teach you nothing but the Word of God. Even if you read some of our books, you will be enlightened and delighted. Do not preach, but tell them to read the pamphlets: "What is Brotherhood?" If they accept, they will go for baptism and they will be saved. Paul went to a certain place and there preached for three months but when the people spoke evil against him, he departed to another place. At the other place where people accepted, his handkerchief and apron were used in healing the sick who were brought to him in the evening. (Acts 19:12).
Our Lord Jesus Christ had directed His disciples that into whatever house they would enter, they should say "peace be unto this house." If there be a child of peace, their peace will abide with him, but if there be no child of peace, they should depart and shake the dust off their feet as testimony against them. (Matt 10:14).
Preach And Baptize
You all have now been commissioned to go and make all nations the disciples of God, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, and teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you. God is always before and behind you. He is inside you. He is in your eyes, in your head and around you. Since he dwells in you, He has sent you forth and you have to go. When he sends you out, he is before and behind you, and He does the work also.
All those who accept you, believe in God and are baptized, are saved. If you do not receive the Holy Spirit how will you do this work?
Realise that you do not believe in God, when you take people to see the Father instead of your preaching to them to refrain from sin and be baptized. You are so hard hearted to bring somebody from London to Calabar to see the Father, and he pays your transport because you could not afford it. You facelessly tell the Father that he is a great man and that you want to have a private audience with him. I do not understand what you mean by having a private audience whereas you have been sent forth to make all nations the disciples of God. This explains why Our Lord Jesus Christ says he who believes will do the work that I do, indeed, greater works than this will he do because I go to the Father. (John 14:12). That is why in this Kingdom, we baptize people in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. If you are so baptized, you are saved. This is the judgment. If you accept, you are justified.
When You Repent And Baptize, You Receive The Holy Spirit
Peter publicly declared Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. Remember, this promise is unto you and to your children and your children's children and to all that are afar off even as many as the Lord Our God shall call. (Acts 2:38-39) If you do not impart this lesson to your brothers how will they be saved? You have been commissioned, I am not sending you out but Jehovah God and His Christ is sending you out. You should, therefore, comply with the injunction. Go and make all nations my disciples baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you. Who has been able to do that? This is the cause of your problem.
The Christ Is Glorified As King And Lord
There is no use urging somebody to follow you to Calabar, or to Lagos or to any other place, but rather go and make "all nations my disciples Our Lord Jesus Christ has come to assume His rulership. It is said "call Him Emmanuel, call Him Lord Jesus. He has come to be glorified as King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Go and tell it to the people that He has arrived, He is now on earth. The world should be told that God is now on earth. Our Lord Jesus Christ is on earth, the Holy Spirit is also on earth and the children of God are here and all the angels have arrived, it is time for judgment, every person should refrain from sin.
All those who believe and are baptised are justified. But if your carnal father does not believe and is not baptized he is condemned. Tell them that membership of any church denomination will not help them. Membership of any secret society, whether Ogboni or Amorc or Freemason, OddFellows, will not save them. Neither will they be saved because they are presidents or governors or prime minister or king or millionaire, excepting of course, by refraining from falsehood, theft, fornication, and all acts of vice.
Be Born Again To Be Saved
Have you not heard what you should do? Whosoever believes, is baptized. Our Lord Jesus Christ told Nicodemus, except you are born of water and of the Holy Spirit you cannot enter into the Kingdom of God. (John 3:5) To be born of water is baptism. Here I am not referring to the type of baptism that you administer to people. You tell them to go and baptize so that their infirmities may be healed, that they may be discharged and acquitted from their cases in court, that they may have children and money. When you tell people to be baptised for certain conditions, they will be compelled to be baptised so that they have relief from their sufferings. But while they go into the water of baptism, their juju, charms, preparations of concoctions are still in their houses, they are still fornicating and stealing. Is that baptism?
A great many people, here do not know the meaning of baptism. They only go to bath in water. When you preach the Word of God, whoever feels that he is naked because he is an evildoer, when he repents and confesses his sins, burning his mystical books, denouncing his membership of the secret society, forsaking all the mundane things, before he falls in water for baptism, is the person who is baptised and who is empowered with the Holy Spirit. Have you not heard that Our Lord Jesus Christ baptizes with fire and Holy Spirit? (Matt 3:11).
When you preach the Word of God, inform them that all necromancers, fornicators, drunkards, those who begrudge and bear malice against others those who snuff and smoke, those who sow the seed of discord, commit murder and tell lies, will perish. If they denounce their membership of secret societies, refrain from their sins, it means that they have forsaken all those things and therefore have no relationship with the worldly things. When they confess their sins and repent and are baptized, they will receive the Holy Spirit.
Baptism Is Administered Gratis
Baptism has no precondition. You tell somebody to baptize and you will give him twenty naira, or that it will give him scholarship. What form of baptism is that? Whoever realizes that he is baptised, he will receive the Holy Spirit and will be justified. Why is it that you are still a member of Amorc, Ogboni, OddFellow, Freemason, De Lawrence, and you go to be baptized? What type of baptism is that? You are not yet baptised. If somebody comes to you and claims to be a good and righteous person, that he is a pastor and a communicant but refuses to be baptized, leave him alone. It means he has not believed, he is condemned. Go and bring those who profess to be pope and bishops and pastors and reverends to listen to only one gospel whether their nakedness will not be exposed. The golden text will now be read.
Golden Text: Matthew 10:8
Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
Brethren, have you heard that? This gift is not bestowed on any particular person. It is bestowed on all those who have the Spirit of the Lord upon them. The commission is that you should heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils, freely you have received, freely you give. You do not have to charge even a kobo for anything God has performed through you. The only group of people who do not charge for what they do, is the Crusader's group.
However, not all of them. Some Crusaders are still charging money. Have you heard the operative sentence? It is said you receive freely, give freely. Heal the sick free of charge. Give sight to blind gratis. The Power, Spirit, Gift, Grace are all bestowed on you free of charge. Why then do you charge for what God has wrought through you? You extract charms from people's bodies and charge money. When you preach, you charge for it also. Is that the commission given to you?
When You Are Baptised, Nothing Has Dominion Over You
All those who believe and are baptized are bestowed with power; and they will raise the dead, make the lame to walk, the blind to see, the deaf to hear, cast out demons. If they drink anything deadly, it will not harm them. When you claim that God had given you special power, are you sure. Any person who believes and is baptized is saved and these signs will follow you. All that you say will be upheld; and sickness, death, poverty, tribulation have no dominion over you. You will always walk about boldly. Even if you fall into the sea, the sea will become dry, so that you may not sink.
It Is Shameful For A Child Of God To Go To The Hospital For Medication
Is it not a shameful thing for an Apostle of God to go to a small girl and ask her to give him prayer because his problems are unbearable? Is it not a shameful thing for a Crusader of your calibre to go and prostrate before somebody to pray for you because your many problems have confounded you and made you run berserk? Can you definitely call yourself a Crusader? You profess to be a Brotherhood, a child of the Leader but you shamelessly go to the hospital with bottle in hand for medication. You cannot be my son.
You Received Freely, Give Freely
Brethren, have you heard what is read to you? It is said authoritatively: go and cast out demons, raise the dead, make the blind to see, the lame to walk, the deaf to hear and cleanse the lepers. Freely you received, freely you give. (Matt 10:8).
Who goes to the battlefield, and he is not equipped with the army uniform, boots, hat, gun, bullets, and other fighting implements so that he is well prepared for the battle? Brotherhood children, the Father has adorned you, the Father has clothed you with power from on high to go into the world and raise the dead, to cast out demons, to cause the blind to gain their sight, to cleanse the leper, to heal the sick. But you received freely so you must also give out freely. Whatsoever you bind on earth is bound in heaven. (Matt 18:18). All those who receive you are justified, but those who reject you are condemned.
It Is Your Behavior That Causes People To Blaspheme About Brotherhood
Do not plead with any person to repent. Our Lord Jesus Christ said I did not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance. (Luke 5:32). Do not tell anybody to follow you to Calabar to see the Father so that he may be discharged and acquitted in his case, or solve all his problems, as
if I were a native doctor. It is because of your behavior that people speak evil against Brotherhood, and the ways of God.
You who sit or stand or lie down or walk or speak, have you not been endowed with power to raise the dead, cleanse the leper, heal the sick and cast out demons? You come to the Father and kneel down with many others for blessing. You receive prayer, oil and water but you shamelessly go to a brother, who knelt down with you, to give you prayers. Are your senses correct?
Only Enslave Yourself To The Holy Spirit
Though all the Crusaders go to the Father for blessing, some Crusaders for one reason or the other, enslave themselves to other Crusaders, give all their money and services to them as if they keep them alive, or as if they were their God. Can you sincerely refer to such persons as Crusaders? Are they good for anything? Pray and speak the word and heavens will shake.
You have been commissioned out. Whatever is your station in life, whether you are big or small, whether you are a man or woman, you have been sent forth to raise the dead, to cast out devils, to cleanse the leper, to heal the sick, make the blind to see and the lame to walk, you received freely, give also freely.
A Laborer Is Worthy Of His Hire
There is no occasion for fear; and when you go, carry neither purse nor script, nor shoes, nor food nor two coats because a laborer is worthy of his hire. (Luke 10:4,7). If you take up the calling, your food and clothing are assured. When you go to the house of a millionaire to preach the word of God, all his children, his wife, his relations and he himself will prostrate on the ground groaning with pain of death, the man with many insurmountable problems and you quickly move in and pray saying "Let thanks and praises be to God in the Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ," all their problems are solved, their sickness cured. The money in the house and all other things are yours.
Do you not know that any city overrun by war belongs to the government. Whosoever has problems and is liberated by the Father belongs to the Father. The irony of fate is that you are carrying the carcass of an elephant on the head but searching for snail with your legs. How much is snail sold for?
The inhabitants of the whole world are carrying death in their palms. You have been commissioned to go and give them life in place of death. Peace, life, power, love, wisdom, truth and all other virtues of God in this Kingdom reside with you. Rise up, therefore, go forth and convert all nations, and make them the disciples of God. Right now God has destroyed charms, concoctions, and all diabolical things. They have been rendered useless. Only the Word of God now reigns. The word of God is reigning in water, on dry land, in the flesh and in the spirit.
Why do you profess to be a Crusader, but you advise somebody coming to preach to you to keep the word of God aside because you are engaged in a very important thing? Sometimes you advise that the word of God should be set aside because you are discussing an important thing. What discussion is more important than the word of God? You profess to be a Brotherhood but you tell a preacher to set aside because you are doing something very important. What is more important than the Word of God? Paul said I have been imprisoned.
The Word Of God Is No Respecter Of Persons
In the court before King Agrippa Paul preached the word of God to a point that the King became so inspired that he retorted, when Paul said King Agrippa do you believe the Prophets? I know that you believe. Agrippa said unto him: "Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all who hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds. (Acts 26:27-29)
Let The Words Of The Christ Dwell In You Richly
If you go to the market with the words of God you will carry so many articles free of charge. Wherever you go to preach the word of God you become enriched but you toy with the word of God. The Scriptures says let the words of Our Lord Jesus Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs. (Col 3:16). All our songs are the Words of God. The visions given are the words of God. What we preach is the word of God. What is called the Kingdom of God is the word of God. The word of God has been bestowed on you, go and preach it to the people and disseminate the good tidings because only the word of God will make the world perfect.
Children Of God Are Everywhere
If the word of God has not yet gone around the whole world, the end is not yet in sight. (Matt 24:14). Because the children of God are found everywhere in the world, they are in Jerusalem, they are in Europe, Asia, Egypt, London, Persia, Russia, India and in all parts of the world. They are preparing to come. When they hear the voice of the Father, they will all follow after Him.
Only The Word Of God Will Make The World Good
Neither money, nor human beings, nor any other thing can make this world perfect. Only the word of God will bring about the perfection of the world. The word of God has entered with a view to ruling the whole world. What do you think is shaking this world? It is the Word of God. It turns the world upside down and shakes everything, the heavens, earth, water, the Abyss and human beings alike.
If you profess to be Crusaders why do you not preach the word of God? Let the words of Christ dwell in you richly, why is it that the word of Christ does not dwell richly in you? (Col 3:16). It is said: "preach the word be instant in season and out of season, reprove, rebuke, exhort with all doctrine. (2 Tim 4:2)
I preach all year round for 365 days every year, from January 1st, to December 31st. Can you confirm this? I use the word of God to change you and drive away evil spirit, and you receive the Holy Spirit. Go therefore, and preach these words throughout the world. You received freely. Do not collect anything from anybody in cash or kind, or the punishment of God will be visited on you.
The Father deliberately kept this Crusaders Week to liberate every person and to reveal this glory to the world. You have no problems, neither death nor sickness, nor poverty. You are all saved forever.
Put Your Money Into The Common Purse
Matthew, the tax collector was a millionaire. When Our Lord Jesus Christ called him, all his money went into the disciples' common purse. Zaccheus was also a very wealthy man but when he was called by the Christ,
he passed all his money into the disciples' common purse. Moreso others who were rich did the same. How can you preach the word of God and you are again in lack and go hungry? This is not possible.
Most people in the world are afflicted under the fear and torment of evil spirit and mermaid. They spend millions of naira to banish the fear and live a free life but cannot have salvation. If you go to preach to them "the Kingdom of God", they will be liberated. Like the just concluded general elections, some people had spent millions of naira during campaigns, if you had gone to educate them by imparting the Word of God to them they would not have spent that much.
Testify About This Kingdom
Go out and give your testimonies. Write them and circulate to people who are still ignorant about this Kingdom. Can you light a candle and cover it with a bushel?
Brethren, I do not intend to be tedious unto you. One stroke of the cane is sufficient for the wise. Those who have ears, let them hear. May God Bless His Words. Amen
REFERENCE: Everlasting Sermon by The Sole Spiritual Head Of The Universe, Leader Olumba Olumba Obu on:- PREACH THE WORD OF GOD, BE INSTANT IN SEASON AND OUT OF SEASON From: THE CRUSADER, The Crusaders Handbook. Pages:-82-136
Download Mobile App:
