Excerpts of an article in Today's Vanguard Newspaper by Mike DIAGBARE

Pastor Adeboye in his usual style gave a motivational sermon bordering on a miraculous story about a journey he was involved in. The story I am told had been narrated a number of times previously.

Pastor Adeboye was coming from Onitsha during the petrol crises when he realized he needed to buy petrol, but there was no petrol in Onitsha. He decided he would try Asaba, but found out also, there was no petrol in Asaba. Continuing his journey, he hoped to buy petrol on reaching Benin, but to his amazement also found out there was no petrol station open for business in Benin, Pastor Adeboye undaunted finally thought he would find petrol to buy at Ore.

By the time he reached Ore, the next stop, his petrol warning light came on, indicating that he was then on reserve supply. At this point Pastor Adeboye said God told him not to look at the petrol gauge, but to continue his journey. Following God’s instruction, Pastor Adeboye continued his journey from Ore, without looking at the fuel gauge, until he got to his residence in Surulere in Lagos.

This is a very moving account of the supernatural, and the very intervention of God himself in making what seems impossible, possible.

In other words, this is a miracle, a wonderful and an amazing thing, an event in the natural world but out of its established order, possible only by the intervention of divine power.

Pastor Adeboye’s narrative of his ability to drive a car with only reserve petrol left from Ore to his residence in Surulere – falls very neatly under this miraculous experience. In other words, God supplied him miraculous quantity of petrol to achieve this.

However let us subject this claim to analysis and scrutiny.

God created a horse or camel for motion and God can make a horse or camel run independently for 1,000 miles without stopping, or tiring just by His word, as all things are possible with God. One could say same for a car as well. But there is a difference.

A car is designed by man and designed for propulsion to run on an energy source such as petrol or gas by a system of carburetors or fuel injection. It is designed by man, after taking into consideration all external God or Natural Laws governing the earth gravity, velocity or motion, etc.

Pastor Adeboye said God told him not to look at the petrol gauge when the gauge warning light came on, before leaving Ore, driving to Surulere in Lagos. He decided not to tell us the full story: he should disclose the following facts that will convince everyone there was a miracle.

·What was the make and model of the car he was driving?

·What distance did he cover between Ore and his residence in Surulere, Lagos?

·What is the capacity of his car’s reserve tank by the time the warning light comes on – how many liters are in the tank?

·How many kilometers per liter does Pastor Adeboye car do?

Apart from the distance covered, all these questions or information could be supplied by the car manufacturers if the type of car is known.

It is well known also that there are cars that have two reserve tanks and these tanks have varying capacities. There are other factors that occur in the running of a car that could alter its function. The fuel gauge warning indicator may be faulty or can come on prematurely giving the impression that a driver is on reserve petrol.

Pastor Adeboye is alleged to own a private jet designed by man as described previously to operate a system of propulsion and flight by the use of aviation fuel. It could be assumed or inferred that while flying the private jet, there was insufficient aviation fuel, and the guage ignored, because with God all things are possible; Pastor Adeboye could not avoid a crash.

Unlike a car, the measuring instruments of an aircraft are better calibrated and more precise. From the above information to determine whether a miracle occurred between Ore and Pastor Adeboye’s house in Surulere, a decerning mind will conclude. There was no miracle, as the car in question must, have just conformed with the specification, it was designed to do.

I understand Pastor Adeboye was a mathematics professor before he was called to do God’s work. He must have had some knowledge in scientific data, and this could have influenced his narrative of miraculous petrol, a story he had repeated a few times. But our society is backward and most Pentecostal Church preachers take advantage of this ignorance.

It was amazing to me that a few people I would consider knowledgeable and enlightened could not see the flaws in the miraculous content of Pastor Adeboye’s story. This exposes our knowledge of what a miracle really is. This writer is a very strong believer in miracles, and miracles happen all the time but Pastor Adeboye’s claim could not stand the scrutiny of believers in the Western World. It would be classified as a spurious claim.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/01/pastor-adeboye-and-the-miraculous-petrol/

Maybe the fuel gauge is faulty. If miracle is that cheap let him drive a car Without engine.

Gullible masses, no wonder they say RELIGION IS THE HIGHEST SELLING COMMODITY IN AFRICA.

Let Somebody shout Halleluyah. Brethren, there is Miracle but it is not for popularity.

Laughing (ibro style) soon 9ja pastors go start flying without aeroplane

@13volts, dont we have similar claims of miracle from ur Imams and Sheiks n Islam? ur aim of this post s to ridicule xtianity, but as far as Im concerned, xtianity nd islam are birds f d same feather. Remember baby born with Quran from d womb and so on!

13volts: Maybe the fuel gauge is faulty. If miracle is that cheap let him drive a car Without engine.

Gullible masses, no wonder they say RELIGION IS THE HIGHEST SELLING COMMODITY IN AFRICA.

Na so o.

some gullible christians will actually believe this shiit! choi! ok God also told me to cook a pot of soup without fire and you know what.....my soup is ready to eat! mtscheeew!

berem: some gullible christians will actually believe this shiit! choi! ok God also told me to cook a pot of soup without fire and you know what.....my soup is ready to eat! mtscheeew!

tititiittntnntntntitntntnntntn. Laughing in Chinese[b]that's the power of miracle[/b]

Yeah right,I'll believe that when pigs grow wings and fly...you fail at humor and life...next.

Heavenly subsidy for the tithe collector...

Spiritual Oando..

i have witnessed miracles before and this is not an exception

Notin I no go hear here, smal time dey wil say he build a sky scraper witout cement

Dis is just a hype for his church to get more offerings n donation 4rm does fools who belive so. May God 4give me sha

Akuko bini

free2ryhme: i have witnessed miracles before and this is not an exception

f.uck you sir

Omo Na Lie!!!

In 1956 Enoch Adeboye was admitted into Ilesha Grammar School, Ilesha, Osun State, Western Nigeria and as a youth he discovered a passion for books, and an aptitude for science and in particular the field of Mathematics. This led to an academic journey in the field of Mathematics against incredible odds including but not limited to finances, the Nigerian Civil War and academic politics. By the time he was done, Enoch Adeboye had obtained not only a Bachelors (BSc.) degree in Mathematics from the University of Nigeria, Nnsukka, Nigeria in 1967, but also a Masters (MSc.) Degree in Hydrodynamics and a Doctorate Degree (PhD) in Applied Mathematics, both from the University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria in 1969 and 1975 respectively.

ANYONE WHO CANNOT PROVIDE ANY EVIDENCE OF ACADEMIC EDUCATION COMPARABLE TO THE ABOVE SHOULD SHUT UP AND GO AND READ A BOOK, BECAUSE YOUR IGNORANCE IS DUE TO YOUR INTELLECTUAL ILLITERACY.

YOU SEE [people who] HAVE NOT CONTRIBUTED TO THEIR COMMUNITY AND SOCIETY COMING ONLINE ON A FREE FOR ALL FORUM TO POST NONSENSE. I HAVE ADVISED SEUN TO START COLLECTING UP TO $100 PER FOR REGISTRATION TO SEPARATE RESPONSIBLE MEMBERS FROM IRRESPONSIBLE [people]

I DOUBT IF ANYONE HERE INSULTING THE MAN OF GOD IS EVEN ONE QUARTER AS INTELLIGENT AS PASTOR ADEBOYE IN HIS YOUTH. NO WONDER OVER 33 MILLION YOUTHS ARE JOBLESS.

I walked 20 miles without tastin water.

It was amazing to me that a few people I would consider knowledgeable and enlightened could not see the flaws in the miraculous content of Pastor Adeboye’s story. This exposes our knowledge of what a miracle really is. This writer is a very strong believer in miracles, and miracles happen all the time but Pastor Adeboye’s claim could not stand the scrutiny of believers in the Western World. It would be classified as a spurious claim.

This above makes more sense to me. What pastor Adeboye narrated is nothing like a miracle@ all. I know some redeemers will start jumping up and down rejoicing. But please do not be fooled, like the poster wrote "It would be classified as a spurious claim".

i believe in miracles....but dnt lyk listening to testimonies 4rm al this preachers,,,most times they exaggerate nd make up stories jst to brain wash pple...

Nigerians,we have advanced so much in d negative direction,we criticize everything and nothing,I still don't see leaders of tomorrow.Faith in the supernatural is not subject to scientific proof,u either have faith or keep shut and watch those with faith advance beyond scientific limitations.

Na miracle

This story cannot be proven to be true...

However, it cannot be proven to be false either...

"If I tell u earth things and u fail to believe,how do u believe heavenly things?"
If only u know what faith means,den u won't doubt things.faith:an evidence of things not seen

Religion itself is against logic. If you believed Mary gave birth to Jesus without sexua.l intercourse, then there should be no basis to doubt this one.
As for me, Christianity is a pack of lies.

9ja!!

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rotflmboo idk about this miracle ooo....God help me with my unbelieve

this to me is very impossible... So hard to believe

You kn what I don't understand is y dis pastors make it a habit of placing baba God as a magician. That's jt blasphemous, very soon he wuld say na God buy am private jet cos he is "suppose" to be better than the rest of his God's children. Remember pple, even Jesus wey be God pikin na waka em wake all the way.

It is true. I was with him in the car.
The only lie in it was that the fuel gage was pointing at 60 litres when we were at Onitsha. 50 litres is what it takes me to drive my Mitsubishi Lancer vboot 2005 model from Onitsha to Lagos.