I am not God, but Olumba Olumba Obu.
First Lesson: Revelation 11:15
“And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying. The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ, and he shall reign for ever and ever.”Second Lesson: 1 Corinthians 15 : 28
“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.”Golden Revelation 21: 3
“And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying. Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he shall dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.”
Brethren, the word of God cannot be made apparent through human wisdom or interpreted based on our understanding of the world around us. It is so profound and infinite and cannot be reduced to the limited words that language provides. It had been established from the foundations of the world. Any attempt to add or subtract from it can only result in confusion and severe penalty.
It is a fact that no one hates Brotherhood of the Cross and Star. The trouble is that members do not abide by the gospels delivered daily to them. Confusion arises when one leaves what he should do and does what he should not do. For you baptised members of Brotherhood of the Cross and Star to profess that a man, Olumba Olumba Obu, is God, puts you out of harmony with the world, so they oppose you. From the beginning of creation. God has always worked by Himself. Adam, Moses, Abraham and our Lord Jesus Christ did not declare themselves as God. Even our Lord Jesus Christ said He was the Son of God, sent by the Father (John 10.36).
8.1 God is here with all His children
God has now manifested to accomplish His will and glorify Himself. Undoubtedly, the Son, all the children of God and all the hosts of heaven are here. In accordance with His promise, ‘Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he shall dwell with them.’ He is come to dwell with you. The time for God to manifest in person in His glory is now. It is time for all glory, honour, praises, and thanks to be received in person by God on earth. This is not the time of the Son, or angel, or prophets and as such, it will be foolish to await the appearance of the Son in the sky or dark clouds. It will not happen so. All of you and indeed all the inhabitants of the world and the angels bear witness to the fact that I have never declared that I am God. I have never denied .either that it is the Father doing all things. In ages past, it was the Father working through intermediaries. Moses confessed that he was not the one doing anything but his brothers heaped praises on him. Our Lord Jesus Christ glorified the Father in all things and even stated: ‘…The Son can do nothing of himself, but as he seeth the Father do; for what things so ever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise (John 5.I9). Yet, He was hailed for those deeds. Messengers were praised instead of God and now God is here to be given the glory due Him before the foundations of the world were laid. Messengers were unable to fulfill their commission, in the end. God sent His begotten Son. The passage below describes the situation. “Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower and let it out to husbandmen, and went into afar country: And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it. And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise. But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying. They will reverence my son. But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, this is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance. And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him. When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen?” (Matthew 2I.33-40)
8.2 Glorify the Father only
Given the attitude of the husbandmen, who do you think the Father will now send? He promised to come by Himself. This generation is very fortunate to witness the physical manifestation of God. Visioners have seen that our Lord Jesus Christ is on earth. Have they also seen the manifestation of the Creator of heaven and earth? The Father has come to make His dwelling among men and ‘to rule all nations with a rod of iron’ (Revelation I2.5). It is unbecoming to profess on the one hand that God does everything and on the other hand, glory and honour is given to intermediaries instead of Him. If you make reference to relevant publications, analyse the situation in the world today, examine political structures and compare your joy to the provisions of the Bible, you will be convinced that the Bible was inspired (2Timothy 3.I6). It will then become clearer that we are under the rule of God. You reduce God to man when you tell people that Leader Olumba Olumba Obu is God. Such declarations cause some people to be suspicious of the power operating in Brotherhood of the Cross and Star. According to them. Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, came and died. Moses and other patriarchs who treaded this earth also died. Thus, if you claim an ordinary human being is God, what will happen if he dies? What will happen to Brotherhood of the Cross and Star? Who will be able to step into His shoes and do His works? Would not His followers be found wanting without a leader to do the kind of work now seen in Brotherhood of the Cross and Star? These and similar questions are posed to you. Since your attitude and claims have given rise to these questions, you have to respond to them the best you can. You do not abide by the teachings given to you nor do you have faith in God. Have I ever told you that the power at work in Brotherhood of the Cross and Star is mine? Have I ever told you that I even exist? Moses and others were powerful people of God. Our Lord Jesus Christ was powerful too. One thing I do know and that is, God the Creator of heaven and earth has come down to make His dwelling place among men and is the one working here. Moses demonstrated great power with the use of the staff and in the plagues. Many showed great power by the use of the Ark of the Covenant, burning of incense and candles. Have you ever seen me carrying a staff, or burning incense, lighting candles, drawing circles, using consecrated handkerchiefs, holding wooden or metal cross and the like? This is not the time for incantations. During the advent of our Lord Jesus Christ, He moved from place to place. He preached in market places, raised the dead, and made the blind to see, made the dumb to speak and the deaf to hear. Have you ever seen me moving from place to place, praying for or healing the sick? But in this Kingdom, the blind sees, the dumb speaks, the deaf hear, the infirm are healed and the dead rise. Mighty works are accomplished without a word or an act. Who is behind all these? Is it not evident that the owner of the vineyard has arrived? Glorify the Father in all things for He is here doing His work in person. Many miracles were performed during the time of our Lord Jesus Christ. Lazarus was resurrected after four days. Our Lord Jesus Christ Himself resurrected after three days. Today we have seen the accomplishments of more significant and extraordinary feats with less favour. In this kingdom raising the dead has become like a hobby. Someone has arisen from death after seven days. Without the application of any medication, the demented are healed. Your personal problems and difficulties are overcome without any assistance from anyone. These and many other attainments are evidence that God, and not a human being, is the one working in our midst. Why not glorify God? Or will you say God does not merit the glory?
8.3 God the Father is at work
You confuse issues when you tell people that Leader Olumba Olumba Obu is God and that He is the one doing all these things. More so, when Leader Olumba Olumba Obu does not even move from place to place. That is why some are suspicious of the power operating in Brotherhood of the Cross and Star and others go as far as suggesting names for such power. Many of you were once members of secret societies and religious organisations. Did your leaders appear to you physically and in dreams? Were your problems solved? Did their proclamations materialise instantly? Man, angel, prophet or even the Son, does not actualise the happenings here. It is the Father at work. When Moses demonstrated his power before Pharaoh and our Lord Jesus Christ performed many miracles, how many people were converted to God? Today, you have been transformed and by the divine Will have become a new creation. Is Leader Obu the one who has changed you to what you now are? I have made it known to you that I have never attended any church or received teachings from any organisation or society. I have never been through any formal education system. I do not read any books or learn knowledge from any body. Take it from me that God is the one operating here according to His promise and all praises, honour and glory should be given to Him. Some of you believe that discipline is essential in transforming a child. In your own case, who disciplines you? Does anyone punish or excommunicate you in Brotherhood of the Cross and Star for wrongdoing? Who transmutes you into a vessel of God? Is it not clear that God is personally here to change and reconcile His children unto Himself? In reality, it is God who instigates people to ask you about the source of power in Brotherhood of the Cross and Star. He is a jealous God and does not want His glory given to someone else. Though people may believe what they witness in Brotherhood of the Cross and Star, you make it sound ridiculous when you attribute such works to man. Examine the first lesson again. First lesson: Revelation 11:15 “And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying. The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ, and he shall reign for ever and ever.”
8.4 Give honour now to the Father Where is the wise?
Where are the disputers of this age? Has God not made foolish the wisdom of this world? (I Corinthians 1.20). The Father has made the kingdom of this world to become the kingdom of God and His Christ and He shall reign forever and ever. In the world today, governments are shaky, schools and institutions are unsettled, establishments and organisations are unstable. Picketing, mass protests and demonstrations are rampant. Hatred, chaos and confusion are commonplace. These things are consequences of the ongoing transition, the handing over of the kingdoms of this world to God. “Our Lord Jesus Christ did say; ‘Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye love me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for the Father is greater than I” (John I4.28).
When an ambassador goes to a strange land, he is honoured in view of his master who sent him. When the master later accompanies him, the master and no longer the representative, receives the honour. The prophets, angels and even the Son were honoured when they came. Now the Father has come with all those He sent earlier and all honour, glory and praise must go to Him. That some of you here are angels, some prophets, some children of God and some apostles, does not altar the fact that the Father is the one working by Himself. I am announcing boldly before the angels, prophets, children of God and indeed all the inhabitants of the world that the accomplishments here in Brotherhood of the Cross and Star and all over the world are the Father’s and none other. You have every reason to sing praises and rejoice because God’s dwelling place is now with men. After reading this gospel, if you repeat the mistake of saying that Leader Olumba Olumba Obu is the one accomplishing these feats, you will be making yourself a stumbling block to others. Our Lord Jesus Christ preached and performed miracles but were they sufficient to turn people to God? The apostles did many great works but were they able to transform man? Presently, many church denominations and religious organisations with long-bearded preachers have sprung up. Are they able to change man? The pertinent question is, why are various people now abandoning their nefarious activities? Why is there now uneasiness with unholy practices? Why are those who practice exorcism now confused? What has subdued the forces of darkness and transformed people to God? The fact is that the Christ, the angels, the prophets, the children of God and the Creator of heaven and earth are here in Brotherhood of the Cross and Star. When you profess that Olumba Olumba Obu is God, you blaspheme against God by making Him a man. If you read through the publications in Brotherhood of the Cross and Star, you will not find where I proclaim that I am God. I have never been educated in any formal school system nor qualified as a preacher from any theological college. The Father, who is God, is the one at work here. I have said these things often and clear enough to drive the message home. I have not hidden anything from you. In private and in public I have told you that the Father is the one working. He is the one who prays, sings, preaches and performs all the wondrous works on earth. When a person cannot even afford the lowest monetary unit and people proclaim that he is a millionaire, are they not mocking and putting him to shame? Likewise, when you declare that Olumba Olumba Obu has power and that He is the one doing these works, you are making yourself a liar. The children of God are found in all parts of the world. Have I ever been to those places? Or does God not merit this glory? No pastor, prophet, or anybody on earth for that matter should be given the glory due to God. Any one who receives such glory is a blasphemer. I am grateful to God that I have at no time told you that I am the one doing these works. I have at all times glorified the Father, who does everything, of which fact I am wholly convinced. Examine the second lesson again. Second lesson Corinthians 15:28 “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.”
8.5 The Father must be glorified now
It is true that God subjected all things to Our Lord Jesus Christ and Christ must subject all things to the Father so that the Father may be glorified in all things. Now is the time for the Father to be glorified since Christ has subjected all things unto Him. If you declare that God the Father means the Son, are angels, prophets, the children of God also inclusive? But if you claim that you, or the Son, or angels are doing the work, you have disgraced God. Where then will God fit in? Where were you when God the Son was sent? Did He not cry with a loud voice’ (Matthew 27.46) on the cross: ‘My God, my God, why has thou forsaken me? One of the reasons some people find the operations in Brotherhood of the Cross and Star incomprehensible is the fact that Our Lord Jesus Christ was crucified, yet they cannot hurt you. When a plot against you becomes abortive, they cannot understand the force that foils their attempts. An example is when a letter terminating your employment has been signed but instead you are issued a promotion letter. People spend sleepless nights plotting evil against you yet you do not flutter. They become flabbergasted. If you get promoted at work and you say, ‘I thank God for promoting me”; your boss will be mad at you. He may wish to withdraw your promotion because in his understanding, his gesture has not been appreciated. You are inexcusable if after reading this gospel you maintain that I am the one doing this work. Anyone proclaiming that Leader Obu is the one doing these works is a liar. If Leader Obu should so proclaim, that would be false. God forbid that I should make such claims! I have never made such claims nor will I ever do. My declaration is clear; all praise and glory should be given to God the Father who does all things. Whether you kneel here, pay obeisance, fall on your face or write to me, you are directing them to the Father and not to me. I have examined myself thoroughly and found that I have no power or wisdom of my own. I am not even a preacher nor can I accomplish any task.
Note that even though you are gods (Psalm 82.6), you are not God. Although you are sons, you are not the Son. Realise that this is the time to glorify God. Do not seek any glory because He to whom all glory belongs has come to reign. Those who charge money for spiritual work do so because they presume the power belongs to them. This is erroneous. You are all God’s vessels and tools and should therefore glorify Him in all things. Accept and practise this gospel because the Son has surrendered all things to the Father and the Father is in all things.
8.6 I am your Leader but God does the work
Since God has made me a living example to lead you to the kingdom of God, you will be right to call me Leader. The qualities you see in me are for you to emulate. For you to call me God, no please, I am not the one. The reason I do not bother to move from place to place is that since all things have been subjected unto the Father, He is the one doing everything. He is the one reconciling the whole world to Himself. With Him doing everything, I am as free as you are. All your talents are from Him and whatever good you are able to do for others comes from Him. You have been taught and given the truth that God is the one you must worship and glorify. God is here teaching us to love one another as He loves us (John I3.34). We must obey and love Him because He loves and designates us as His children. We are gods because that is what He so wishes for His own glory. Now we are aware that all things are subjected unto God and He alone must be glorified in all things. He is here to rule the world with the Christ, angels, prophets, and children of God as witnesses. God’s words never go unfulfilled (Matthew 24.34). It was prophesied that a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son (Isaiah 7.I4). That prophecy was fulfilled in Our Lord Jesus Christ. Another prophecy stipulates that a woman shall bring forth a man-child, who will rule all nations with a rod of iron (Revelation I2.5). Yet another prophecy, the Golden Text in this gospel, says the tabernacle of God is with men, and He shall dwell with them. These prophecies are fulfilled today. God has taken control of all things and must be glorified. On the cross, Our Lord Jesus Christ cried; ‘My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?’ (Matthew 27.46). If God did not desert Him, He would not have been killed. Now that God has come down to dwell with you, what can anyone do to harm you? Why should you panic, grieve or fear? You have maximum protection and satisfaction. For ages, man had tried in vain to forsake sin but now God has come to change and sanctify people for Himself. Let those who do not believe in the existence of God weep, as they must see God in His full glory and majesty.
Examine the Golden Text.
Golden text: Revelation 21:3 “And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying. Behold, the tabernacle of God is -with men, and he shall dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.”
8.7 A prophecy fulfilled
Is this prophecy not fulfilled in this generation? Does it refer to angels or prophets or the Son? No. Reference is made to God the Father as the one to dwell with men. Brotherhood of the Cross and Star encompasses the earth, heavens and the whole universe. The assertion by many that Brotherhood of the Cross and Star has subdued all forces and powers in the world is a clear proof that God has taken control over all things. During the era of angels, prophets and even the Son, you only rummaged the periphery of God’s power. With the arrival of God who is the source, all things animate and inanimate, seen and unseen must submit to this Supreme Being. All kingdoms, authorities, powers and principalities must bow to the almighty God and Ruler.
Firstly, you have to believe that God, the Son, God the Holy Spirit, angels, the prophets and the children of God are here. God has come to provide all things for you. He is here to reveal His Son and all His children to the world. He has come to receive the honour and glory due to Him before the world was. In a sense you are not to blame for glorifying someone else instead of God. If an infirm is healed, he is likely to praise the doctor. It is only a foolish doctor who will accept praises for healing anyone. What happens if he is unable to cure someone else who suffers the same ailment? Would he not be revealed as a liar? You must be careful not to receive the glory due to God, as He is worthy of all glory.
In a short time from now, you will witness a child of two raising the dead, and an armed robber performing miracles. Those seeking for signs will continue to wander from place to place and from one miracle worker to another. Since some acknowledge men, rather than God, as the one working, they will continue to be led astray. When a sick person recovers in a hospital, you doubt God’s ability and would want to go to hospital when you are ill. Incidentally, you may die there. God is omnipresent and His omnipresence and omnipotence must be acknowledged.
8.8 Believe in God, fear not, doubt not
He is a Spirit. He is in me and in you and in all things. What is impossible with men is possible with God. We should worship Him in spirit and in truth as the Creator of all things. Those within the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star fold who contemplate on who the successor should be when Leader Obu dies are very shallow-minded. Those outside the fold who are plotting the end of Leader Obu so that Brotherhood of the Cross and Star may cease to function are very ignorant. Is the work in Brotherhood of the Cross and Star done by Leader Olumba Olumba Obu? Whether I am here or not, one thing is clear and that is, these works will continue because God the Father is here working in person.
Many of you are fearful because you have heard that a time will come when you will no longer see the Leader. That is because you are putting your faith in a person. What you see and believe is not faith. Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen (Hebrews 11.1). As a result of lack of faith, some of you do not attend meetings that the Leader does not physically attend and do not honour any circular letter not signed by Him. Blessed are those who do not see yet believe (John 20.29). Believe that God is the one working. The works are not done by Leader Obu, or Olumba Olumba Obu, or O.O.O but by God who created O.O.O. As I have said before, the person you see standing here physically is Olumba Olumba Obu, but the Being speaking to you now is the Father at work. People have not come here into this hall naked. They wear some clothing on their body. In the same way, you do not expect God to incarnate on earth naked. The one standing here, that you see, is the clothing that God wears now on earth. That clothing is Olumba Olumba Obu, but the Being who is speaking to you is the Holy Spirit He does all the manifest work that you see in this kingdom and in the whole world.
8.9 God manifest on earth has a clothing and temple
I glorify God who has come to rule the world. Whether it is in songs, prayer or worship, glorify God in all things. Do not worship or glorify or enslave yourself to a man. Worship and glorify God who is now on earth.
Some have seen God but still entertain doubts. Let not your hope be on the things you see but on things unseen, for the things seen are ephemeral while things unseen are everlasting. Some of you are disturbed when you cannot visit the Leader. Does it mean that God does not see you? Rely not on things or people from which there is no help. Leader Obu is a man as you are but God is God forever. Leader Olumba Oulumba Obu can travel as you do but God is omnipresent. Go and tell the world that you were mistaken to have informed them that the work in Brotherhood of the Cross and Star is done by man because the things you have heard and seen cannot be done by man, prophet, angel or even the Son of God. Tell them the tabernacle of God is with men, and He is accomplishing all things. If you proclaim that a man does these things, you are limiting God to a particular building. Is God so small to be reduced to such limits? Not at all, God remains faithful and true to His promises though man may fail and stumble. There is only one God that controls the universe.
There is no division into male and female, young and old. One God created all and we are all in unity with Him. Today, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He shall dwell with them forever and ever. Brethren, a stroke of the cane is sufficient unto the wise. He who has ears let him hear. May God bless His holy words. Amen.
THANK YOU FATHER