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From Jos to Kano and then to Lagos, Adekolu who is the founder and general overseer of Faithlife Bible Church based in Social Club Road, Abule Egba Lagos has a thousand and one stories to tell about his walk with God.
However the Man Of God as they are called in Nigeria has a word for those who crticised Nigerian Pastors flamboyant lifestyles, Let hear him:
He does not join the bandwagon of critics of prosperity preachers. “People that are preaching the truth are still preaching the truth.
People are jumping over one another to condemn the gospel of prosperity but as far as I’m concerned that is stupidity raised to power five because the whole gospel is about prosperity. It is taken for granted that a Christian should be blessed. There is too much poverty in the land that we need to teach biblical prosperity. We got to a point in our walk with God in Nigeria where we believed poverty is a virtue and this has to be corrected.”
He believes many men of God are still going to acquire jets. “We have not seen jets O! more are coming. God will so prosper men of God that journalists will have many things to write. How can a journalist tell a called man of God what to preach?. It is not the duty of journalists to tell pastors what to preach. Any pastor that is not teaching biblical prosperity needs total deliverance.”
Sounding quite agitated, Adekolu said, “I’m not interested in people liking me but in preaching the gospel. Anybody that is not contributing to the gospel and to people’s lives is a poor man. The wealth of the church is to change lives.”
Defending pastors who own private jets, he said, “People say Pastor Enoch Adeboye was not supposed to buy jets because he is a pastor and that many people are suffering in his church. Is that not madness? How many people have complained in that church and for God’s sake who says he is not helping the poor?
“Dangote and Otedola are using jets. And nobody is complaining. It is only when men of God use it that we complain. The Adeboye I know has a private jet because he needs it. When you have ministries in over 100 countries across the globe then you will know that you will need it. And for God’s sake if members come together to buy the jet why are people crying wolf?”
He posits further that: “The idea of criticizing pastors who own private jets is satanically orchestrated. Have you done your investigations on what these people are doing? Believers don’t announce what they do? I know of the mission work that Bishop Oyedepo has done in many African countries. These churches have helped a lot of countries outside Nigeria and have given many people scholarship. There is no way Adeboye would not help the poor and I’m sure that he has many projects that are tailored to the poor. The fact that it is not being advertised does not mean that he is doing nothing. The Bible actually asked us not to advertise what we do.”
Interesting it sounds
What do you say?
Lol. To own Private Jet dey hungry the pasteeeyy.
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