MIDDLE-BELT KILLINGS: PASTOR ADEBOYE SPIT HOLY WAR ON SPONSORS

                             BY NDIFREKE JACOB.

Founder of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye recently led a mammoth crowd of worshippers at the 3 kilometres by 3 kilometre Arena, Old Arena, as well as numerous others in different viewing centres across the globe, and others watching on internet, to a three Holy Ghost-anger-induced prayer points targeted at all those spilling innocent blood in different parts of Nigeria.

The pastor who had in June 2017 declared holy war on kidnappers of Lagos Model School students, Igbonla-Epe, Lagos State and they were arrested. On Friday night during the February 2018 Holy Ghost Service tagged ''Stronger than your enemies'' declared war on those killing and wrecking havoc in the country. 

 Adeboye in his second message intimated his congregations on why he has remain quiescent over the widespread violence going on in different parts of the country, reiterating that as a man under authority, he relies on the leadership of the Church to speak for Christians in general. 

According to him, he has been receiving calls and text messages from people who want him to speak on the big issue. 

However, Adeboye was not particular in the prayer points if they were targeted at the unjust killings of innocent farmers and residents in different parts of the country especially Benue, Taraba, Plateau, Nasarawa, Ekiti, Ondo and other states in the Southern part of Nigeria which has left scores of death. He said 

“As a Christian, I belong to the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, which has a president and whatever the president says, that is what I have said. 

“I am a Pentecostal and I belong to the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, (PFN) and whatever the president of the fellowship says, that’s what I have said. That is how to be under authority. Amen.”

Turning to members of RCCG who were present at the monthly Holy Ghost Service, including several political big wigs he reminded them that as a trained mathematician who is a pastor by calling, he often finds it difficult to differentiate between the two vocations.

“I am talking to my children and not Nigeria as it were. This is not a Press Conference. I am addressing my children. There are two sides of me: one side is a mathematician and the other is a pastor. Somehow, I can’t separate the two for long and so, before I ask you to pray I am going to spell out some equations which we will solve simultaneously, after which we will do what we should do.  

Equation 1: There are certain problems beyond man. 

Equation 2: There is no problem beyond God. Luke  18:27.

Equation 3: A man can hide from other men. 

Equation 4: No man can hide from God. Psalm 139:7-12. 

Equation 5: Security agents can be compromised. 

Equation 6: God cannot be compromised; His holiness is not negotiable. Isaiah 6:1-3. 

Equation 7: Man can sponsor evil. Esther 3:8-9 

Equation 8: God cannot sponsor evil. Job  8:20. 

“If you solve the above eight simultaneous equations, there is only one answer: The prayer warrior is more effective than the activist. If you put it in another way, a slightly deeper way, you will come to the conclusion or a corollary, that the enemies of God and the children of God make the same mistake.

“One mistake that is common to both the enemies of God and the children of God is that both of them underrate the power of prayer. The enemies of God underrate the power of prayer and we the children of God, underrate the power of prayer,” he said

“But there are some of us who have come to realize that the weapons of our warfare are not carnal; they are mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds. That’s why I am calling on you, my children, I am going to ask you to pray some prayers tonight  and I want to pray with the same energy or intensity with which you prayed the prayer against kidnappers when they kidnapped those school children and results came rapidly. 

“I don’t want you to pray like ladies and gentlemen tonight, instead I want you to pray like the children of the Lion of Judah,” he charged the mammoth crowd of worshippers before dolling out the prayer points.

Prayer Points ''Father, wherever those who are shedding blood are hiding, expose them and deal with them.'' Go ahead and talk to the Almighty God. They can’t hide from You. You know where they are. Expose them, Lord, and deal with them. Father, all those who are condoning evil, all those who are conniving with them, expose them and deal with them. All those who have been compromised by evil doers, expose them and deal with them. Almighty God, show Yourself mighty, Lord. Father, all those who are sponsoring evil and bloodshed, expose them and destroy them. 

''All those who are sponsoring evil and bloodshed, don’t just expose them, destroy them. Holy One of Israel, arise and expose all those who are sponsoring evil and destroy them. Father, anyone focusing on me, my family and Your Church for evil intentions, destroy them and wipe them out.''

Meanwhile the crowd echoed on each of the prayer with a holy anger, praying ceaselessly.