Shortly before the conclusion of the Holy Ghost Congress 2013, the General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor EA Adeboye took time out during the Friday night Holy Ghost service to clear the air on false mass and social media reports involving him.
The popular preacher began by dealing with reports across the media that he (Adeboye) is ill and is raising money for treatment in India.
Pastor Adeboye [Photo credit: Vanguardng.com]
Pastor Adeboye bluntly says the story is the work of fraudsters who are desperate about getting money from unsuspecting people.
He also added that some fraudsters even use the name of his wife to raise money for charities while some send emails inviting people to programmes allegedly organised by the General Overseer.
“If anybody invites you to any programme they say I’m organising, confirm from me.” Pastor Adeboye said to the large congregation gathered at the Redemption Camp.
Finally the influential leader of the RCCG, an organisation some claim is the largest worldwide after the United Nations, put to rest the rumour that he had been in a vision where he missed heaven.
“There is also one that said I had a dream where I saw many of my people weeping because they could not make it to heaven. It is all lie! I did not have any dream and I know that you will all make it to heaven in Jesus name,” he stated.
On recent stories by some persons who claimed they died and got to heaven but were sent back to warn brethren who are perceived to be wallowing in sin, Adeboye said such people should be ignored because God does not operate the way they are portraying Him.
“There is woman who said she died and went to heaven where Jesus sent her back to warn people of the world against sin. If you do not know already, when the rich man died and saw Lazarus in the bosom of Abraham, he requested that Father Abraham should send an angel to his relations on earth to warn them to repent and escape hell. He was told that there are enough prophets to accomplish such missions,” Adeboye stressed.
The cleric explained that anyone who claims to have died and returned to preach the gospel; “please do not listen to them. Put your trust in the true Word of God. Some years ago, one man claimed to have died and came back and he started preaching that any Christian who acquired a car would go to hell.
“This man produced a CD which he was selling to the people and he made a lot of money from selling the cassettes and CDs. Not long after, he bought a Land Cruiser and when people asked him why was opting for hell, he replied that he did not buy a car.
He bought a Land Cruiser. Be careful, you shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free,” the RCCG General Overseer said.
