Injunctions About Candleholder 81. Mawunyon it was who gave the injunction that we should worship with seven candles and also took a piece of wood and drew out the shape of the candle holder. In this connection, he also gave us a Powerful song which we seem to have also forgotten lately. Awon agba tan fitila meje Wa gbadura wa, etc. Injunctions About Pajaspa - Collection Pouch Mawunyon it was who also gave us a description of what we should use for collection at services and named it PAJASPA - a metal ringed Pouch with a handle and a socket for a candle which should be lit during collection. Injunctions About Call to Worship 83. Mawunyon it was who indicated how in heaven a pot of incense was being swung accompanied by the following song: Yah Rah Sah Rah) 2ce Yah Rah sah, Mattah) and translated into Yoruba E tan fitila mimo latorun wa 2ce He also that same night gave us that this song should be followed by: Yah Rah Mah FE Yah Rah Mah Yah Rah Mah Yah Man Yah Rah Mah!. translated into Yoruba: Wa ka. lo Sodo Oluwa Wa ka 1(? Sodo Oluwa But he said that, before singing this last one, we should build a box which we should call MATTAH. At the bottom should be kept the cross and stick which is the symbol of Christs covenant with me topped by candles for use at the altar. Having thus removed our shoes, worn our white sutana or tunic, taken the candles one by one from Mattah (thus becoming candles used in heaven above) and having lit them in Position, we should wholeheartedly sing above song and ring the bell to worship (this came much later) and draw near to God forgetting all about this world, kneeling on our knees and our forehead touching the floor in obeisance to Almighty God and in readiness to commune with Him. Mawunyon did not leave that night until about 2.00 am. Christ Himself Administers Holy Communion to Me. 84. Soon after that night, I was in a trance (1 was wide awake) with my eyes closed. I saw. myself climbing steps in-space towards the sky until I got to the top where I saw a table top suspended. I knelt on one side of it while on the other side standing was my Lord and Master, my Creator. He gave me Holy Communion - I ate and drank from His hand. Then, all of a sudden, the table top dipped and I realised for the first time that below me was bottomless space. As I exclaimed in fear, I grew wings which I used to navigate my descent. The following morning, before I had a chance to relate this incident, a woman told me that on her way from the toilet the previous night, she suddenly saw me with wings while my eyes and body were fiery. She ran shutting the door only to see me again in similar fashion and she then ran to bed and covered herself in fear wondering that I was surely not yet dead. I replied by telling her the story of the incident of the previous night. She died within three months of seeing me like that. Injunctions. About Ringing the Bell to Worship 85. This came through me seven years after the birth of the Church. You will remember., Supreme Evangelist Bada, that when 1 related this incident to the congregation at Makoko, I held a Bible in my hand as witness. I was in a trance and saw in space a house without solid walls or roof, but a house nonetheless. Some were on the upper floor and we were on the lower floor, both floors not being solid but suspended in space and real nonetheless. As a bell ring three times, both those on the upper floor and we on the lower floor knelt down touching our forehead to the floor and said in Yoruba ‘Mimo, mimo, mimo si Oluwa awon omo ogun’ meaning (in English) Holy, Holy, Holy to the Lord God of Hosts’. The bell ringing three times and our response was done three times. It was after this that we started the service in my trance. This is how it formed part of our service of worship in Celestial Church of Christ. Injunctions About Praises Facing the Four Corners of the Earth 86. This came through JOSEPH AWANGONU, Baba Martha. He said that he saw a Church without walls or roof but apparently with four entrances in the four cardinal directions, and as a bell rang, he saw people of all races running into the Church from the four corners of the earth. As they ran, they were singing (in Yoruba): E yin Jesu, E yin Jesu s:-:-s:l:s:m:d:d:-:-:-1:-:-:- Fun jo kehin to sokale Enyin Jesu, E yin Jesu Fun jo kehin to sokale Enyin Jesu, E yin Jesu Fun jo kehin to sokale Enyin Jesu,eyin Jesu s:-:-s:I:s:m: Fun jo kehin to sokale s.-d:m:r:d:t:d.-.-.-.- The more the multitudes, the more room the Church seemed to have. Songs of Entreaty for Gods Power and Glory 87. The following song came as I was travelling on a boat in mid-sea from IGBESU to the spot where I prayed onto God and the tree I had specifically come to destroy burnt for seven days and seven nights. As my boat was about to land, I heard a song which it appeared I was singing with others (unknown and unseen) as follows (Yoruba): Baba a a Ni wakati yi Gbe ise owo o re e ga a a Ki gbogbo aiye le mo Ni re lo I ran mi nise Lasan a a Iaiye ngbe ogun Wakati na de taiye o wa riri Labe agbara Mimo Jesu. It is a powerful song which should not be sung lightly. Injunctions for Monthly Watchnight Service 88. During a service in remembrance of our Lord Jesus Christs prayer at Gethsemane shortly before his death, we were told that the following song, which came again through MAWUNYION, was the song which our Lord actually sang Kneeling and with forehead touching the ground at Gethsemane when he besought his disciples to watch while he prayed (in the song, he seeks to draw them into his prayer of worship of the Lord God unaware that they has fallen asleep): Yah Gol Lah Mari Yah Nga Rih Yeh Ya Gol Lah Mari Yeh Translated immediately (Yoruba) e foribale fun Oba Oluwa Mo foribale fun meaning in English: Bow ye before the Lord God I bow myself before him. That was Jesus speaking. This was the only song Jesus-sang in the Garden of Gethsemane that night. As he sang and prayed intently, he sweated so much that the drops of sweat began to fall from his body like blood and a voice answered our Lord Jesus on that occasion thus I have, glorified you on earth and in Heaven. We sing this song in Celestial Church of Christ during the monthly watch night services (on the first Thursday night/Friday morning of each month) in remembrance of the occasion and also during Easter at the watch night service of Holy Communion on Holy Thursday/Good Friday Another song used on the same occasion and which came at another time was: Hi Ram Jah Mah Jari Barn Hi Ram Jah Mah Translated immediately (Yoruba) so that we can understand the song we are being taught: , Emi Mimo Adaba Orun E sokale wa. Historical Reflection 89. It is interesting to note that, although my father firmly believed that my birth was in answer to his prayers referred to above, none of us (including my father) had any inkling whatever that the nature of service to God to which I would be called would be such a very important one. In hindsight, the nearest my father came to predicting this important future was on his death bed when he called me and prayed thus (in Yoruba): Wa joko ninu owo, Wa joko ninu omo, Enia ni yio ma sin o. Meaning in English, You will be established in money, You will be established in children, Men will serve you. It later proved not merely a prayer but a prophecy because at that particular time, I had not had an issue.
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