At first I did not understand why the man of God should be that popular being a Pentecostal. Pentecostal teachings appears not to have anything to do with popularity and respect, but it's the opposite is the case of the man of God.
Among the conclusion I drew is that his gentleness and simplicity must have earn him such honor among his peers and in the world in general. This as my believe until an article in the Nigeria world on the 22nd of October 2014 where the pastor was defending the president of CAN in the case of $9.3 million deal where he was involved.
There is nothing wrong in defending a love one or taking sides with one you care about, or with whom you belong to same association. Pastor Adebayo has not done nothing wrong by defending the CAN president since the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria permit a citizen freedom of speech as long as within the constitution.
The problem is however the person Pastor Adeboye claim to be representing when he makes a speech or appear in the public. Since Pastor Adebayo claim to be representing Jesus Christ, there is an urgent need to revisit his position with regards to bishop Oritsejafor and the $9.3 million deal. Let me start by reading out pastor Adeboye position:
" GENERAL Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, yesterday, defended the national president of the Christian Association, CAN, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, following the controversy surrounding the seizure of $9.3 million arms purchase funds by South Africa.
Pastor Adeboye who spoke in London during an ecclesiastical visit said, "Pastor Ayodele Joseph Oritsejafor is a man of God I trust and I can personally vouch for him. I believe on the issue of his aircraft being chartered and the purpose it was used for he had no prior knowledge. I'm sure God will continue to build his church and the gates of hell will not prevail in Jesus name. One anointed cannot attack another anointed. A pastor cannot attack another pastor. Touch not my anointed is what God said. Some Nigerians have questioned the use of Pastor Oritsejafor's private jet by the Federal Government to convey the money to South Africa, accusing him of involvement in money laundering."
The Federal Government had to come out in defence of the CAN president, arguing that Oritsejafor who is also the founder of Word of Life Bible Church has no hand in the deal. The Senior Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan (Public Communication), Dr. Doyin Okupe, told newsmen in Abuja: "Oritsejafor is the President of CAN and head of all Christians in Nigeria who is representing at least, 50 per cent of people in this country. When it comes to a man like that, people should be cautious and circumspect."
After reading what pastor Adeboye wrote and his quotation based on the bible I became very sad. I was sad because here is a man that millions believe he is leading them to the truth to the extent that many are ready to die for him for being the most holy and righteous clergy and closer to God than anyone in the world.
Based on Pastor Adebayo interpretation of the bible as shown above, it is clear that many are being deceived and being mislead due to the ignorance and lack of knowledge of this general overseer when it comes to interpreting the word of God in the Holy Spirit.
Please follow me with the Holy Spirit interpretation of where Pastor Adeboye quoted for:
"One anointed cannot attack another anointed. A pastor cannot attack another pastor ". This is not true based on references in the bible. There are many instances when an anointed one of God is attacked by another one anointed of God so that the truth that God stands for can be established.
Take the case of Samuel (an anointed one of God), where he attacked Saul the king (another anointed one of God) because of his determination to cover up his unrighteousness, deceit and lies. According to pastor Adeboye, a person's unrighteousness, deceit and hypocrisy must not be revealed because he is anointed by God. Pastor Adebayo this was not the case in the bible and you need to apologies to your congregation and to Nigeria for misleading them in the name of the bible.
At another instance, Paul (an anointed of God) attacked peter (another anointed one of God openly because of deceit, unrighteousness and hypocrisy that peter was attempting to cover up before the Jews. This is another reason to say that Pastor Adebayo is misleading his congregation and Nigeria and he must be stopped from continuing to do so.
There are so many examples that can be drawn from the bible that support the fact that anointed one of God found in deceit, unrighteousness and hypocrisy can be attacked and exposed contrary to what pastor Adebayo want Nigerians and the world to believe.
I am not surprised if Pastor Adeboye was ashamed of his unrighteousness, hypocrisy and deceit, and this may explain why he was quoting the bible wrongly to cover himself. If this is the case, I encourage you to put off shame and come out to repentance and stop deceiving yourself and your congregation.
Let us take a look at another one of your quotation "Touch not my anointed is what God said.". Pastor Adeboye, Peter, John, Stephen, and Paul to name a few were anointed of God, yet they were beaten, put in prison, and even killed for the sake of Jesus Christ. These things were done unto them not because they were involved in any unrighteousness, how then can you defend pastor Oritsejafor because of a possibility of unrighteousness he was involved in.
From the way you interpret the bible, it shows me clearly that you have not understood who an anointed one of God is or what they stand for or neither do you understand what it means to be called by God.
Stephen was an anointed one of God (Acts chapter 6 and 7), who performed wonders and miracles with great power, ended in being accused, ridiculed and stoned unto death.
Peter and John were anointed one of God (Acts chapter 4), who were accused, ridiculed, beaten and put in jail.
Paul was an anointed one of God ( Acts chapter 21), who was accused, ridiculed, beaten and put in jail
All the Apostles were beaten and hauled off to jail. Christ told us "no man is greater than his master" (John 13:16), and He also said, to paraphrase, "they would drink out of His cup."
Pastor Adeboye, you need to seek for knowledge and wisdom, or else you will continue to lead yourself and your congregation in the wrong direction and you may all end up not doing human race any good. Is there anything you are covering up that may make you to interpret the bible in your own way or is it because you lack the Holy Spirit (please read John chapter 14) that can teach men the word of God. If there is one advice I can give, it will be that you seek knowledge and wisdom from where I know you will get it (Evidence of Christ ministry international) and I promise you that God almighty will not disappoint you.
Now I can understand that your popularity and respect is not because you are leading people to God, but rather because you allow everyone to be comfortable in their ways (lies, deceit, hypocrisy, cover-up etc) and as you and I know, people will rather follow a deceitful leader than to follow the leader of the truth.
My advice to you therefore is to repent and turn away from your selfishness, shelf will, shelf way, self desire, shelf go and turn to the WORD OF GOD (JESUS CHRIST)
God bless you and bless Nigeria
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