Blasphemy: Adeboye invokes ‘holy fire’
Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), has invoked ‘fire of God’ on anyone who blasphemes Jesus Christ.
The revered cleric uttered the statement during the church’s monthly Holy Ghost Service, held on Friday.
Adeboye’s angst was fuelled by a statement by social media celebrity Daddy Freeze. The controversial radio presenter had mockingly said the women who invoked the wrath Ogun (deity of thunder) upon killers of some worshippers at the St. Francis Catholic Church, Ondo state, did so because Jesus failed to answer them.
“When dem call bros J (making a reference to Jesus) and he nor answer dem nko? We abandoned African paganism to adopt European pagan ideologies.
“Until we start telling ourselves the truth and take our security issues more seriously, this won’t end. Christ’s message is love and that’s the first thing so glaringly missing in Nigeria.”
In his reaction, Adeboye said: “I understand that one funny fellow said that some people were calling on Ogun because Jesus didn’t answer them.
“Well, the one who said that there’s a Yoruba proverb, it said, the mouth that the snail uses to blaspheme God, that mouth would kiss the ground. From now on, anybody who dares blaspheme Jesus Christ, they will taste the fire of the Almighty God.”
“Safety is of the Lord and nobody dies until their time comes.
His words: “I don’t want to say much, because I know whatever I say, some people may want to twist it. But I’ve searched the Bible from cover to cover and there is nowhere in the Bible, where God said a child of God cannot defend himself.
“If you find the place, let me know. He said, if they slap you on the right cheek, turn the left. If they now slap the left, what did he say? When God is silent, do you know the meaning of that, it simply means, over to you.
“Every enemy of the church, as long as my Father is still on the throne, as long as Jesus lives, as long as His name is the consuming fire, if they don’t repent, the fire of God will consume them. I’m not talking to everybody o, I’m only talking to my children.”
