COUNT ALL BUT LOSS; BUT

PREACH THE GOSPEL

First Bible Lesson: John 3:8
"The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not
tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth; so is every one that is born of the Spirit."
Second Bible Lesson: Luke 9:58
"And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son
of man hath not where to lay his head."
Golden Text: Luke 14:26
"If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children,
and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple."
Please, do not be exasperated about this Gospel. But it is expedient that we must
deliver this Gospel to you. Always when Our Lord Jesus Christ finished His Teachings,
He would say, those who have ears let them hear. Of a truth, those who have ears will
hear this Gospel.
The Word of God Is Not What Should Be Rejected
We have a spiritual chorus which says, "child, wait, receive and take home for I have
received mine. The Word of God is not what should be rejected, I have taken mine." So
must it be. This Gospel is exclusively for the missionary. You have heard what has been
read unto you. In order that you may be able to follow Him, you have to fulfill the laid
down conditions. When I tell you that Brotherhood has not yet started in full swing, and
that you have not yet understood Brotherhood, you often argue, "How can that be? I
have been in Brotherhood for twenty years."
Your twenty years mean nothing. Consider this: "For a whole month and year; both in
the morning and evening, we continue to work. At what time then can we sleep?"
This is the time that most eminent people want to sleep and relax. But this is the time
we want to start our work. The particular time that we will close, nobody knows. After
that begins the morning, prayer. What time will it end? No one knows. Morning Service
will then start. When will it end? No one knows. At what time do you, therefore, sleep
on your iron bed? What time is there left for you to play with your children? What time
have you to converse with your father and mother? Can you not realize the source of
the problem to a great many of you?
Hindrance To Your Missionary Assignment
We have no full-time missionary workers because you continue to seek for a house,
motorcars, husband, wife, children, and your life. Those are the things, which hinder
you. If Our Lord Jesus Christ had a house, He would have sat in His house to relax
receiving the cool breeze of the air. If He had a dwelling place He would have remained
there to converse with His girl friend. You have been told that of the four wise men who
went to see Our Lord Jesus Christ, one of them took thirty years to search for Our Lord
Jesus Christ, and could not see Him. They were four in number. Three of them had gone
to see Him and presented Him with gifts. Unfortunately when the fourth person went,
Herod had given the order that all children should be murdered and so Our Lord Jesus
Christ was taken away to Egypt as revealed by the angel. (Matt 2:13-14). Before He got
to Jerusalem, He was told that Our Lord Jesus Christ had left in the morning and may be
He was at Jericho. He would move to Jericho, and by the time he got there, he would be
told, if he had come earlier he would have seen Him; for He had just left for Bethlehem.
Where was His dwelling place? By the time he got to Bethlehem, he would be told that
He had left in the morning for Galilee. When he went to Galilee, he would be told that
Our Lord Jesus Christ was at Canaan. Does that not show you that the wind blows
where it listeth, and you hear the sound thereof, but cannot tell whence it comes, and
whither it goes: so are the children of God, so also is a missionary.
Your Wealth Is a Hindrance in God's Service

The reason you cannot be a full-time missionary is that you have a house, a town, a city,
a father, and a mother. Those are the things, which suppress you. Preach what you
may; whoever has a magnificent house, with a television set, air conditioner, a cushion
chair for you and your girl, how is it possible for you to leave those things and go on
ministry? Whenever your friends come, they will always meet you in your magnificent
air-conditioned house. Your mother will always find you there. So also will your father.
Every person will be there engaged in vain conversation and all funny things. It is very
simple to do the things pertaining to the world. As for the things of God, it is not easy to
be a full-time missionary. If you were a full-time missionary, then you could be
compared to the wind. You have seen that the wind blows where it will but no one
knows from where it comes and where it goes, too. You have no dwelling place.
Everything will be very easy for you and you will have no problem to undertake
ministry.
163 Members Ordained This Year, Are They Doing the Work?
The children of this Kingdom have no house, neither a city, nor a street, nor a dwelling
place. They move about, as the wind. What is pleasing to me is that I had obtained
permission from you before giving this Gospel, so that people may not be troubled in
their heart. And I will not fail to give it. But, please, do not be exasperated. If you are
not prepared to listen to it, you are free to block your ears. I am imparting this teaching
with tears. Right now, consider the ordained ones'
Pews. It is large but there is no one who is prepared to do the work of God. This year
(1985), I have ordained one hundred and sixty three people. But there is no one who is
prepared to pray for any person. You claim to have no chance. Many of you who come
here ask that the Father should ordain you because you want to do the work of God.
But who is prepared among all of you, to do the work?
Foxes Have Holes; the Son of Man Has No House
If Our Lord Jesus Christ had a dwelling house, how could it have been possible for Him
to preach to the people? How could He have done this work? If Paul, Peter, and John
had dwelling places, how could it have been possible for them to be full-time
missionaries? It is my desire that this house should be full.
Those of you who continue to argue that you have been in Brotherhood for twenty
years, and I ask, of what use is your number of years? What has been your loss? Mention
to me any child of God who claims he hails from a city, and has a dwelling place, family,
next of kin, brothers and sisters, who can do the Work of God. At one instance while
Our Lord Jesus was speaking, His mother and brothers began to look for Him and they
stood outside waiting for Him. Someone told Him, "Look, your mother and brothers are
outside waiting for you." He pointed to His disciples and asked, "who is my mother and
who are my brethren?" (Mark 3:33-35 / Luke 8:19)). Then he told them, "Whoever does
the will of My Father, he it is who is my mother, brother and sister." It is, therefore,
conclusive that whoever loves this world the love of God is not in him. (1 John 2:15-16)
Brotherhood Has Overwhelmed the World, Who Will Preach To Them?
Right now, all the whites have accepted Brotherhood. But who will go and preach to
them? All the Africans have accepted Brotherhood and rejoiced greatly in it, but who
will go forth and preach unto them? Here in Nigeria, everyone has heard the story
about Brotherhood and has accepted and rejoiced over it. But who is prepared to go
and preach to them? Right now, the harvest truly is plenteous but the laborers are not
available.
It is said, "And this Gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a
witness unto all nations, and then shall the end come." (Matt 24:14). Now that we have
not even one missionary, when then shall the word be preached in all the world? Even
though we have millions and millions of members, but have not any full-time
missionary, when do you think we will have one? People continue to ask, "What is
Brotherhood?" Who is prepared to go and tell them what Brotherhood is. The children
of God have neither dwelling places, nor houses, nor streets nor families. Their family is
but the Work of the Father, which is the Word of God. Their city is the Word of God.
Their house is the Word of God. Their bounden duty is to go about for the sake of the
sheep, to do the work for which they were sent.
The Missionary's Meat Is To Preach the Word of God
Remember our Lord Jesus Christ, when he spoke with the Samaritan woman. He told
her, "Go and call thy husband and come hither." She replied that she had no husband.
And Our Lord Jesus Christ said, "You have well said, for you have married five
husbands, and the one whom you are now with is not your husband." (John 4:18) The
woman exclaimed and said that she has seen a person who has revealed everything
about her. She, therefore, ran into the city to tell the people about it. Meanwhile, the
disciples brought food and said to them, "Rabbi, come and eat." But He said to them, "I
have meat to eat that you know not of." The disciples began to entertain doubts and
then asked amongst themselves, "Has anyone brought him food?" Since Our Lord Jesus
Christ is God, He knew their thought and so He said, "My meat is to do the will of Him
that sent me, and to finish His work. Say not ye that there are yet four months, and
then cometh harvest. Behold I say unto you, lift up your eyes, and look on the fields, for
they are white already to harvest." (John 4:35)
Perilous Time at the End
Therefore my children, friends, kith and kin, little children, lift up your eyes and look on
the fields. Are they not due for harvest? Is it not even overripe? All the signs spoken of
by Our Lord Jesus Christ have all been fulfilled. He said, "This know also that in the last
days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of money, lovers of their own
selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful,
unholy, without natural affection, truce breakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce,
despisers of those that are good. Traitors, heady, high minded, lovers of pleasures
more than lovers of God." (2 Timothy 3:1-4) Have they not all been made manifest? Do
you, therefore, still consider that there is more time left? But that is not what I intended
to tell you today.
Forsake Your Possessions and Do the Work of God
The theme of Our Gospel today is that the children of God have neither a house, nor a
street, nor next of kin, nor relations, for they are all strangers in the world. Their
bounden duty is to do the work of their Father at all places. They are like the wind, for
they have no dwelling place.
That is why Paul said, "If our Gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the
god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not." (2 Corinthians 4:3-
4) That refers to the mother, father, husband, brother, sister, your life and the things of
the earth. You are witness to the fact that Our Lord Jesus Christ met Peter and Andrew
his brother as they were casting their net. He told them, "Launch out into the deep, and
let down your nets for a draught." This they did, and had many fishes, which filled their
boat. Right from that moment, Peter became a fisher of men and no more of fishes.
(Luke 5:4-10) He forsook his boat, net, paddles, and everything and followed Him
about, having no more house to live in. John and James, the sons of Zebedee were also
taken while fishing. But when they saw Our Lord Jesus Christ they left both their father
and mother in the boat, forsook the net and boat, and everything and followed Him.
Have you ever been told that they ever went back to fishing? Did they go back home?

The Field Is All White; Where Are The Laborers?
Paul was caught on his way to Damascus. (Acts 9:3-6). You have already heard of his,
own story. Right from the time he became baptized at Damascus, he had never gone
back home and no more owned a house. He went about the Father's work from that
day even unto this day. Paul has since been in the ministry of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Why you fail, why we have not even seen one missionary is because of the things of the
earth. I am doing this to clear the way for those who will walk along it. If we will have
any person, being that we shall take it to the Father in prayer; for we shall certainly pray
the Father to send to us his laborers; for his field is ripe. The harvest is really plenteous
but the laborers are not available.
It is said, "Love not the world and the things that are in the world. Whoever loves the
world, the love of The Father is not in him." (1 John 2:15) Agarwal has not been baptized
in Brotherhood but he has said that it is a mark of insolence for one to ask God for
anything. But all of you here continue to ask God for certain things. Even now, you are
asking God for a particular thing. That is insolence. You have chosen to be insolent
because of your love for the things of the earth. Even though you have known that you
brought nothing into this world and it is certain that you will go back with nothing, but
your foolish thoughts continue to blind you and cause you to seek after the things of
the earth.

See how wise the children of God are. They know that they are not from this world.
They have no city; neither are they from Calabar, nor Nigeria, nor Africa, nor Western
World. They are not from any particular place. They continue to walk about. Their only
duty is to do the work of their Father at all places. They do not know from where they
have come and where they are going to. They continue to walk to every place. If you
claim to come from Calabar, it means that if an Efik, and an Ibibio, and an Ibo man
come together and you are told to share anything for them, you will certainly give the
lion's share to the person from Calabar. If you are a Black man, but in a group you have
the white, the black, the colored you will only do things to favor the black because you
are yourself black. But the children of God, since they are neither black nor white nor
colored, do not discriminate against color. They only abide by and teach the concept of
Equality. Whoever may be involved, and at whatever place, they will continue to serve
people equally. They have no dwelling places. They continue to travel everywhere. Can
you not see the difference?
Remember Lot's Wife
You have been told that Lot's wife turned into a pillar of salt. Because angels had told
them, "when you depart take nothing with you and look not behind you." (Genesis
19:17) But because of her lust for trinket and possessions, she turned back and became
a pillar of salt even till today. (Genesis 19:26) That is why the scripture says, "What shall
it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his life in hell?" (Matt 16:26). The
predicament of Lot's wife should serve as a lesson for you and me. As long as you
continue to belong to a city, a street, have a mother and father, and continue to think
on those things, then just as Lot's wife perished, so will you perish.
The Author of our faith, and the foundation stone of this New Kingdom is Our Lord
Jesus Christ. Therefore it is incumbent upon us to walk by His footsteps. If you do not
walk by His footsteps, it is impossible for you to overcome. If you do not search the
Bible, you will not know that Our Lord Jesus Christ had many brothers and sisters. (Matt
13:55-56). He had a father and a mother. He had nephews, uncles, cousins and nieces.
He had many relations. But if He had devoted His attention to them, focused all His
interest in them, then the whole world would have perished. But His birth revealed
what He would be. At His birth, His parents as they arrived at Bethlehem, and the
guesthouse was full, he was taken to the manger where he was born. That implies that
he had no dwelling place.
We do not intend to bother you. Let our first lesson be read.
First Bible Lesson: John 3:8
"The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not
tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth; so is every one that is born of the Spirit."
Brethren, have you heard that? Can you therefore note the difference between the
children of God and carnal children? The children of the world know their fathers, they
know their families of descent, they know the street from which they come, and their
relation, and everything of their city. But the children of God have neither a town nor
city, nor have anything to do with carnal things.
Only the Children of God Can Practice the Word of God
That is why you will find that apart from the children of God, no other person can do the
work of God. For if you are a child of the world, and you are a governor, you will only do
things to benefit your town or city and your family. If you are a president, you will only
seek for the good of your community. Whatever you may have at your disposal, you will
only consider your community. There is nobody in the world who can do anything good
to others. He will only concentrate every good thing for his family. He will continue to
look for cars, houses, seek after the welfare of his brothers and sisters, relations and
himself. When do you think he can serve God? Brethren, you can notice that those born
of the spirit have neither towns nor cities, nor communities, nor relations they continue
to travel about. That is why people will ask, "Do you think that such a person has got
any house to live in?" Even now people continue to advise that you look for a house to
live in. Because he is not sure whether the Leader is a human being, whether He will not
one day disappear? People ask does the Leader go to his hometown?
Right now, you have all come, the pertinent question is: where is the dwelling place of
the Leader? Mention it to me. Can you say that His house is at Biakpan or that it is at
Calabar, at 26 Mbukpa Road, or at 34, Ambo Street? Where can you find it? In which
street is it situated? Is it in Lagos, or in Port Harcourt or in Europe? I require that you
should mention it to me.

Forsake Your Relations and Serve God
It is said, "For where your treasure is, there will your heart be." (Matt 6:21). How is it
possible for you to depart from your house, leaving behind your television set and
furniture, on a ministry work for one week, without thinking of how your family is, and
whether thieves have broken into your house. A great many of you are desirous of
going on ministry work, but your fear is, who will keep watch over your house in your
absence? You will think of where you could keep your furniture and belongings.
Perhaps, you have a mother at home, at times children, or wife, or husband, or relations
and you will begin to think of who will give them food to eat. You will also think of what
you will eat and wear. Because of such thoughts even till doomsday, you will not travel
out.
That is why that young man said, I will follow you but let me go first and bury my father.
What was the reply given by Our Lord Jesus Christ? He said, "Let the dead bury their
dead, (Matt 8:22) but you go and preach the Kingdom of God."
Go Forth and Preach the Word
The Kingdom of God is our own farm. It is our city. It is our house. It is our family. It is
the Kingdom of God for which you had all been called to come and preach. There is
nothing greater than your participating in spreading this Word, these glad tidings, in
town and cities, streets, in corners and indeed all over the world. If you travel out of
Nigeria, to a different country, you will find the inhabitants there following you as flies
following decayed matter. They will plead and prostrate on the ground, asking for
prayers. When the Apostles and Evangelists went on ministry to Guinea and Liberia, at
the time of departure, the inhabitants of those countries wept. At what time can you
sleep as long as people continue to run after you? Of what use is a husband to you? Of
what use is a wife to you? You were called for the sake of the Word of God, that you
should bear eloquent testimony of it.
A Man Cannot Serve God and Mammon (Matt 6:24).
Imagine all the Christ Servants. They have all got dwelling places. The Christ students
have all got dwelling places. The Spirited Children and indeed everybody have got
dwelling places. How then can you be a missionary? How is it possible that you can do
the Work of God?
When you are sought for, a person will be directed to your house. And when the person
comes, he will find you in an easy chair under a fan, listening to your radio. That is why
it is said, "If you love a person, you will enslave yourself to him."
On my part, I only enslave myself to God. That is why Our Lord Jesus Christ asked
Peter, "Do you love me more than anything else?" And Peter replied, "Lord, thou
knowest that I love you." (John 21:15-17) If Peter had lusted after money, if he had a
house to himself, or a town, he would not have been able to do the Work of God; and
the world would have perished.
The Good Work of Mary Mitchell Slessor
A part-time missionary is quite a different case but I am only speaking of full-time
missionary. Take Mary Slessor for example. Her grave is in Calabar. She left her country
far away in Scotland to this part of the world, where she was bitten by mosquitoes. She
suffered untold hardships. She forsook everything and went as far as to Okoyong. The
woman worked and died here and was buried in Nigeria. When Europeans come to
Nigeria they usually visit her grave.
All those who are the children of God are in effect not born in their countries or towns.
Even if they are born, they will not live there. They will be taken to different countries
so that they can serve the Father. All those who have countries, communities, and
streets, brothers, and sisters are people of the world. The disciples were able to do their
work because they emulated their master. A servant of the Lord has neither a dwelling
place, nor a country, nor a street, nor relation. He simply surrenders himself to God and
continues to serve God. His duty is to travel everywhere. He will eat wherever he goes
to be it at the market or at any other place. Our Lord Jesus Christ was like a missionary.
Walk with Christ and You Will Not Fulfill the Desires of the Flesh
Such are the sorts of people who really serve God. Right now, how many such persons
have we? Tell me how you can be a disciple of Our Lord Jesus Christ. It is said, "He that
is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.
(Matt 12:30)" Ask yourself the question, Are you with Our Lord Jesus Christ? Are you
gathering with Him or are you scattering abroad? A great many of you think that if you
had lived at the time of Our Lord Jesus Christ, you would have walked with Him. Is it too
late now to walk with Him? Those who have gone to Jerusalem are here with us. Did
they see any house, which was the property of Our Lord Jesus Christ? Did they see any
house belonging to Paul? They had no house. You are unable to do the Work of God
because of your own property.
Do Not Lay Treasures For Yourself on Earth
No matter how you may preach, the things of this earth have actually weighed down on
you. You are laying unto yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust corrupt,
and where thieves break through and steal. But it is said, "Lay up for yourselves
treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do
not break through nor steal." (Matt 6:20). Because the treasures on earth are but a loss
unto you.
The children of God have no countries of their own. Their streets cannot be found here.
Their glories are not found in houses and cars, but in the Word of God. If you forsake all
the things of the earth, you will no longer have problems. Your duty will be to go about
doing the Work of God. As a child of God, you should have gone to India, Russia,
America, Europe, and other parts of the world.
A great many people when they see that you have resolved to serve God will conclude
that you are demented, and ask why you should not remain at home. You have a house,
chairs, but people continue to say that you are not easily found at home. That is even a
case of a part-time missionary. Consider the case of a full-time missionary.
The 144,000 Virgins
The one hundred and forty-four thousand whom you have been told neither marry,
(Mark 12:25/Luke 20:35/Rev 7:4), nor are given in marriage, are those who have been
redeemed out of the earth and therefore have no concern with the affairs of the
country. They have neither countries, nor communities, nor streets, nor relations. They
have denied all the things of the world. They are those who follow Our Lord Jesus Christ
wherever He goes.
What Means of Transport Does the Leader Use?

You give thanks to God for bringing these good tidings to the Black world but how
many of you have denied the things of the world to follow Our Lord Jesus Christ out of
the thousands and millions of people. Brethren, you can realize that your stay here for
hundred years, so long as you are not ready to deny the things of this world, is fruitless
as you will not be able to follow Him. Let us pray fervently because the children of God
should have no dealings with the things of this earth, for they have neither places of
abode, nor streets, nor relatives but their whole life is committed to the work of God.
Where do you think I normally stay when I go to Lagos, or United States of America, or
India or any other place? In all my travels, whose aeroplane or motorcar have I been
travelling in, and who is the driver I normally go with? Besides, in whose house have I
been lodging? When I come to your different homes, where do you usually prepare the
bed for me to lie in? Have you not been seeing me in homes as well as in your offices,
even in your toilets?
Unless You Disassociate from Relations You Cannot Serve God
Brethren, it is said that whatever is bound up here on earth is also bound up in heaven.
(Matt 18:18). If I had any house to myself, you would not have been seeing me in your
house. You are my house, my country; family I have no dwelling place. Every person,
throughout the world sees me. Can you now realize why it is said that if you do not hate
your father, mother, streets, communities, and even your life, it is impossible that you
can become the disciple of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Luke 14:26) and it will amount to
waste of energy and time?
Let us now speak of the "Master Voice." Let the second lesson be read. Please my
children do not be sorrowful for I have earlier obtained permission to give you this
information. It is just an unavoidable circumstance. We cannot fail to impart this
teaching to you.
When you begin to ask, "Why is it that we cannot do the Work of God?" that is the
answer provided for you.
Second Bible Lesson: Luke 9:58
"And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son
of man hath not where to lay his head."
Brethren, those Words are spoken by the Ruler of heaven and earth. Consider it
yourselves, where do you think is the dwelling place of God? We often refer to God as
the Creator of heaven and earth. Have you ever gone to His house? Does Our Lord
Jesus Christ, who is the Son of God, Lord of Lords, and King of Kings, have any house?
Follow the Footsteps of the Christ
It is said, "Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not
where to lay his head." When you went to Jerusalem, did you find a house belonging to
Our Lord Jesus Christ? Were you shown any? How can you resemble Him as long as you
do not emulate His examples? How can you follow Him as long as you do not walk
according to His footsteps? You are always seeking to build a house, buy land, and
because of that problems arise. As a result of seeking to acquire land, there arises a
problem from it. When do you have the time to follow Our Lord Jesus Christ? That is
the cause of your downfall. No matter what you may preach, as long as you do not
follow Our Lord Jesus Christ, your preaching will be unprofitable exercise.
That is why Our Lord Jesus Christ said, "whoever does not hate his father, mother,
brother and sister, and even his life, cannot be my disciple." The Father is here, the Son
is here and the Holy Spirit is here. But who is prepared to walk with Him wherever He
goes? The Father who is here, where is He living? The Son who is amongst us, where
too does He live? The Holy Spirit who is now amongst us, where can you fined His
house? Abide by the truth, you who continue to seek for a house, father and mother.
God Does Not Dwell in the House Built by Man
It is said that Solomon built a house for God; but the most High God does not live in a
house built by man. (Acts 7:48) God does not live in a building like the Pentecostal Hall,
34, Ambo Street, Calabar. God is a Spirit. He is Omnipresent. He is there in the field, in
the room, at Lagos, in America, in water. Can you, therefore, not realize that God has
no other dwelling place? If His house were to be in the sun, now that you and I have not
the capability to get to the sun, it would mean that we would have perished. If His
house were to be in the depth of the sea, now that you and I cannot bathe, swim, and
dive, it means that we would have perished.
If His house were to be at India, now that you and I cannot afford the fare to India, what
do you consider would have been our plight?
The Wisdom of God Eludes Man
That is why the Wisdom of God has surpassed the wisdom of man. God has no dwelling
place. He is Omnipresent. Therefore, wherever you may go to, you have to find Him.
Equally so the children of God are Omnipresent. They are found everywhere. They have
neither a dwelling place, nor a community, nor kith and kin. They are everywhere.
Do not decide to buy an aeroplane for them. Neither should you buy a car for them.
They can go to any place. They have no problem. They are everywhere because they
are workers of God. Whoever wants to follow Our Lord Jesus Christ but decides first to
build a house before following Him, is not yet prepared. Can you not realize that a man
of God has no problems? Even in the car, he will only speak about the car. He can sleep
in the car. Even if he is in an open ground in the street, he is prepared to lie in it and
sleep. Every place is one and the same thing to him. Why then do you bother yourself?
Go to preach from one city to the other, and from one country to the other. As a full-
time missionary you have to know that Lagos is looking for you, Ghana is looking for
you. And so you have no problems. You can do this work with interest otherwise you
will turn into a pillar of salt.
Emulate My Example
As I am here now, what type of house could you build which will be sufficient for me?
Brethren, can you not realize how the Wisdom of God has eluded you. I have already
told you that this is yet thirty years, and my feet have not stepped on the land of
Biakpan physically. I have no dwelling place. I have no community. I have no
acquaintance. I have no relations. I have no friend. It is said that when you visit the
father toad and the mother toad, and find them squatting, you have to squat with
them.
When you went to Biakpan, did you find any house, which is supposed to be owned by
the Leader? Did you find any house and my furniture? Did you find any such things?
When you go to 26 Mbukpa, Calabar, do you find any room belonging to me? Do you
find my dresses or any possessions, or iron bed?
Do people not think that as the Name Olumba Olumba Obu is so proclaimed, that His
house will be a skyscraper, and the most magnificent of all the buildings? Did you not
have such an opinion? Does the world not hold to that opinion? If I were to live in a
house, who would have done this work? How would the work have progressed? What
good would have come to me? What good would have come to you?
Carnality Affects the Progress of Work
Despite all the teachings imparted to you, the things of the earth continue to hinder
you from hearing the Word of God, believing in the Word, and practicing it. You always
think on what to eat, and drink, put on and how to build a house. All the wealth of the
earth stands to hinder you.
The children of God, I have to emphasize, have no dwelling houses. They have neither a
country, nor town, nor community. No person knows from where they have come. No
person knows to where they are going. Our Lord Jesus Christ is here on earth. Sister
Clover, in the year 1958, saw Our Lord Jesus Christ physically at No. 8, Eton Street. She
saw Him with the twelve disciples but could not know their faces.
The Field Is All White
Brethren, that is the only cause of your problem. Let us pray the Father to send us
laborers, for the harvest really is overripe. The time is at hand. We cannot predict what
will befall the world.
It is not money, which is your problem. It is no other thing apart from the fact that you
are not prepared to forsake the things of the earth. When people heard that Our Lord
Jesus Christ had said, "If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and brethren,
and sisters, yea and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple," they argue that he was
speaking parabolically. Where lies the parable in that statement?
Remember when the father of Our Lord Jesus Christ died, He was on ministry to India.
Brethren why you cannot serve God fully is due to those factors enumerated by Our
Lord Jesus Christ. The love for father, mother, brethren, sisters, brother, and even your
life, are the factors, which hinder you.
If you find any person who wants to do the Work of God, but argues that until he
completes his building or until he gets married and have children, depart from such a
fellow because he is only wasting his time.
Our Lord Jesus Christ said, "Whoever does not forsake all his belongings, cannot be my
disciple."
He is here by your side. He is here right before you. He is behind you. He is within you.
He is your eyes, and everywhere, but are you prepared to follow Him?
This is the time for you to go forth and bear witness of Him. He is Omnipresent. But He
requires you to come and bear witness of Him. If you go to Russia, you will find Him
there. If you go to China, Japan, Europe, Asia, Persia, you will find Him because He is
everywhere. But the only thing He requires of you is that you should come and bear
witness of Him. But you seem to have no chance. Which day did Our Lord Jesus Christ
request you to build for Him a house? You will argue that you want to build a cathedral
but when did Christ request you to do so? Of what use is a cathedral to Him?
The Uncircumcised in Heart Resist the Will of God
What type of house do you want to build for Our Lord Jesus Christ? Is it not out of your
own desires that this is being done? And you that have not yet circumcised your ears
and heart you continue to resist the Holy Spirit. And so this week is set-aside for the
missionaries to critically give meaning to the term "missionary." Missionaries are the
children of God who do the Work of God. They have no places of abode neither do they
have fathers nor mothers, and have forsaken everything in the world.
Brethren, I do not intend to be tedious unto you. Let our golden text be read.
Golden Text: Luke 14:26
"If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children,
and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple."
A Child of God Does Not Segregate
Who has made this statement? Are these not the things you want? How then will you
be the disciple of Our Lord Jesus Christ? How can you follow Him wherever He goes?
That precisely is the problem. Any person who does not hate his father, mother, wife,
children, relatives and his very life also cannot be a disciple of Our Lord Jesus Christ;
and if you are not, you are wasting your time. I voice out these things to you so that
tomorrow your blood will only be upon you. I have made everything open to you lest
you say tomorrow that Leader should have told us to follow Him. If you do not forsake
everything you cannot be a worthy disciple of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Of the twelve
disciples of Our Lord Jesus Christ, who among them was of the same womb with Our
Lord Jesus Christ? Who was His brother or uncle? The disciples came from different
places and this epitomizes the fact that the children of God know no discrimination or
division. They do not ask where you come from and have no dealings with town,
streets, genealogy, date, month, house, and what have you. Are not all the children in
the world your children? Are not all the mothers in the entire universe your own
mothers? Are not all the young girls in this earth your own sisters? Are not all the
houses, on the earth plane your own houses? The children of God have no problems.
They sleep anywhere they go to do the work of their Almighty Father and preaching
about the Kingdom of God. You are living witnesses, for even now, there are many
brothers here who own storey buildings yet prefer sleeping in the open fields, and feel
better there than sleeping in their houses. Therefore, if you should leave off these
things, you would not have argued, but would have become disciples of Our Lord Jesus
Christ and thus become full-time missionaries going everywhere. Because if you go to
Russia, Our Lord Jesus Christ is there much the same way as He is in West Indies, India,
China and every part of the world. There is no place Our Lord Jesus Christ is not
present.
The Word of God Is Everything to Every Man
Brethren, at this time nothing is concealed from you because the time is at hand. No
time is left for you. The city of Brotherhood is the Word of God, the Word of God is the
City of Brotherhood and it is the Word of God that is our street. The Word of God is our
house. The Word of God is our brother and sister. The Word of God is our Father, our
King and is all and in all. We have no other dwelling place than the Word of God and to
practice the Word of God as well as to disseminate the Gospel to the entire world. The
Scripture says that your fathers did eat the manna in the desert and perished but I am
the bread of life whoever eats of it shall never perish.
(John 6:49-51) Right now, every one is committed to the word of life and to spread
same to all nations that they may have life. But the love of your mother, father, brother,
sister, husband, wife, and life itself has hindered you from going outside. The Scripture
says that I am a jealous God whosoever loves his father more than me is not worthy of
me. But if you have them and love me, you are my disciple. To hate your mother and
father is not to curse or beat them but it is for you to leave them to do the Work of God.
Brethren, do you not realize what have hindered you? Even if you should contribute
money just as the launching of the N1.5 Million fund this week, are you going to bell the
cat? One person can donate N20 million, but can the N20 million go and do the work of
God? Brethren, let nobody deceive you any longer. If you reject Our Lord Jesus Christ
and His Teachings you will perish. You see why church denominations in the world
confess that the power of the Holy Spirit is not in existence. Right now how will the
power exist so long as you fail to practice the Teachings of Our Lord Jesus Christ?
Whosoever does not abide by the Teachings of Our Lord Jesus Christ has neither the
Father nor Our Lord Jesus Christ.
And now the unique Gospel:
Unique Gospel
As you are going away, we go together. In your house, I am there. Have I ever requested
you for a mat, clothing to cover myself, room for me to sleep in? Brethren, the Gospel
of today is a unique one for I have not given it before. That is why I plead with you not
to be infuriated. There are many Gospels, which I have not yet given you lest you
become exasperated. This Gospel is not for the carnally minded children. It is not also
for new members. It is not meant for those who seek for the things of this world. But it
is for those who were waiting anxiously for the coming of this Kingdom of God.
Because there are few people in this world who have been waiting for this Kingdom of
God. This is the ground of my statement that you must go and preach the Word of God
to all nations, before the end of time comes.
Labor Not for Meat that Perishes (John 6:27).
Remember that Our Lord Jesus Christ did tell Pilate that his Kingdom is not of this
world; if it were so, My children would have fought. For the children of God, their
kingdom is not of this world. Give N100 million to the children of God, they will not
thank you.
You build a magnificent mansion, furnish it for a child of God, he will show no
appreciation. If you are a man and you give a child of God many beautiful girls with
hairs all over their bodies who speak English wonderfully, he will reject them. What
does he do with them? They are useless to him. What benefit will he derive from this?
Do you not know that children prevent you from entering this Kingdom of God? Do you
not realize that it is husband, money, food, clothes and all the things of this world that
prevent you from gaining entry into this Kingdom of God? Do you not know this? The
Scripture says, "They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more, neither shall the
sun light on them, nor any heat, (Rev 7:16) for the Lamb shall cover them with His
mighty wings." Have you not heard this Word of God? You are told not to seek for food
that perishes but seek the food that will endure forever which the Lamb of God will
give, for Him had God the Father sealed.
Do Not Worship Anything Made by Hand
Everyday I make it known that you do not fully understand what Brotherhood stands
for. Have you seen me with a wrist, watch on My Hand, slippers on My Feet, a tie on My
Neck, rings on My fingers, a hat on My Head, or on a bicycle, a motorcycle, or in a car?
What really do you see me with since you came here? Somebody preached that he will
not worship anything made by man? Are clothes not man-made? How about towns?
They all are, but the Word of God is not.
Brethren, I do not intend to take you long, and from today I will not preach this kind of
Gospel. You will please excuse me for this. I will preach a different type tomorrow so
that your mind be not troubled.
Everybody is weak and thinking how this thing is like.
Well, it is said that one stroke of the cane is enough for the wise. He who has ears let
him hear. May God Bless His Words. Amen.
REFERENCE: Everlasting Gospel By The Sole Spiritual Head Of The Universe,
Leader Olumba Olumba Obu on: "COUNT ALL BUT LOSS BUT PREACH THE GOSPEL"
Monday Evening, May 13, 1985