This is the way a UK Based Medical Doctor, IJABLA
RAYMONDOCT coloured highly revered Redeemed Christian Church pastor, EA Adeboye
recently after reading through his book Open Heavens.
He said these and more in a write up that Cityrovers
reproduced here:
"Sow In Dollars If You Want Returns In Dollars, And
Use The Biggest Denomination" ~ Pastor E.A Adeboye in "Open
Heavens" Volume 12; 20 November 2012. (ISBN: 978-36079-4-4).
Like most of you, I was in disbelief when I first read
the quote above. I decided to verify it by purchasing the copy of Open Heavens
from which the quote was taken (fully referenced above). I was shocked by what
I found out - here is a flavor:
1). If you want returns in Dollars, sow in Dollars. Do
not sow in Naira and be expecting a harvest in Euro. It does not work like
that.
2). It is the particular denomination that you use that
God will multiply and return to you.
3). Do yourself a favor by using the biggest
denominations so as to get the greatest harvest.
For the reader's convenience, I have captured the entire
exhortation in three screenshots.
The screenshots are for the people who refuse to believe
Adeboye could ever say anything like that. They are for those who still believe
the man speaks for, and on behalf, of God. They are for those who struggle to
accept that the entire Redeemed Church enterprise is all about money. They are
for those who live in denial of the fact they have been lied to and scammed by
the people they have trusted and respected all their lives.
A friend of mine wrote: "The only way to sell a lie
is to hide it between two truths." As these screenshots show, Adeboye's
exploitative message is cunningly sandwiched between mostly benign exhortations
and does not appear until the month of November, right towards the end of his
book.
What exactly does an all-sufficient God need money for?
Oh yeah, He needs it to fuel Adeboye's private jet. Adeboye and his fellow
pastorpreneurs can resurrect dead people and cure every disease known to man,
but they cannot cause money to appear from thin air to pay for their
extravagant lifestyle - they need your money for that.
How can anyone justify buying a private jet with the
donations of people who cannot send their children to school, afford hospital
bills or even eat three square meals a day? The pope does not own a private jet
even though he heads the largest church in the world. Neither does the British
Prime Minister, the head of one of the most powerful countries in the world. It
is difficult to see that our jet-flying pastors have more important jobs than
these individuals. As I said in a previous article, their message lacks the
power to transform our society. Corruption and poverty remain endemic in our
society although there is a church or a mosque on practically every Nigerian
street. What then is so urgent and special about their message that requires a
private jet to spread around the world?
If this were truly about spreading the gospel of Jesus
then where better to fly to than Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan, Yemen and
Somalia? Perhaps, the witches and demons in the airspace over these countries
will not grant our Holy Ghost-filled pastorpreneurs permission to land their
jets. It seems the ones in the U.S., U.K. and the rich countries of Europe are
so impressed by our pastorpreneurs they have signed a memorandum of
understanding which grants open access to the airspace over these countries.
The fear of witches, demons, evil spirits, generational
curses, and the threat of eternal punishment in hell fire is a potent tool in
the hands of charlatans to maintain their control over gullible people. It is
in their interest to garnish and perpetuate these myths because the continued
success of their trade is reliant on the pervasiveness of these myths in
society.
Indeed, it is easier to deceive than to convince gullible
people that they are being deceived. Harriet Tubman said: "I freed a
thousand slaves. I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were
slaves." In my view, only those who have been mentally enslaved by Adeboye
and his fellow pastorpreneurs will defend the screenshot sermons, and they
cannot be freed until they have come to this realization.
Ijabla is a medical doctor and a humanist. He writes from
the U.K. and can be reached at ijabijay@me.com. You can follow him on Twitter:
@ijabijay.
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