Vanity: Adefarasin Declares Self Billionaire
What the Bible describes as vanity upon vanity is an apt description of the utterances of Pastor Paul Adefarasin of House On The Rock Church yesterday.

Pastor Paul Adefarasin
“I am a billionaire and there is nothing anybody can do about it,” Pastor Adefarasin boasted yesterday as he preached in an N8.5 million a day auditorium at the Eko Hotel and Suites in Victoria Island, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.
“I have coached many billionaires and you know, the pastor of billionaires is a billionaire,” Adefarasin who was not included among the five richest pastors in Nigeria by a blogger with Forbes, the influential American magazine that keeps a tab on the world’s rich.
The Forbes blogger, Mfonobong Nsehe, had said that after intense research, he established that the official wealth of Bishop David Oyedepo, Chris Oyakhilome, TB Joshua, Matthew Ashimolowo and Chris Okotie, Nigeria’s five richest pastors, is between N31 and 37 billion.
But, TB Joshua of the Synagogue Church Of All Nations has denied the report, saying that he does not even keep a bank account and cannot save billions in the bank while millions are going hungry.
“The preacher of billionaire can only be a billionaire because a monkey cannot give birth to a goat and a goat cannot follow a baboon,” Adefarasin, who is completing a multi-billion naira church in Lekki, said as he adjusted his cute Italian suit.
“I am a preacher. I am a motivational speaker. I am a TV personality. I am a life coach. You can criticise me or slander me in the pages of newspapers but the blessings are in me and there is nothing anyone can do about it,” he said.
Adefarasin, who preached on Phillipians 2:6-14 with the theme ‘Work It Out’, said that when he was still a drug addict in Miami, United States, with a low self esteem, he never imagined that he could financially achieve so much for himself and the ministry.
“I was a nobody. I had a low self esteem but God did it for me. If God can make it for me, he can make it for you,” Adefarasin said amidst boisterous ovations.
To become a billionaire, Christians must simply imagine it, ask and realise that money, blessing and favour are already in them. All they need is to ‘work out’ what ‘God has already worked in’.
“Some of you do not see that you are already billionaires but there is a difference between to create and to unveil. God will simply unveil your billions to you as he did to me,” he said to an elated and expectant congregation

shadrach77:

“I am a billionaire and there is nothing anybody can do about it,” Pastor Adefarasin boasted yesterday as he preached in an N8.5 million a day auditorium at the Eko Hotel and Suites in Victoria Island, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.
“I have coached many billionaires and you know, the pastor of billionaires is a billionaire,” Adefarasin who was not included among the five richest pastors in Nigeria by a blogger with Forbes, the influential American magazine that keeps a tab on the world’s rich.

  Awww . . . somebody's feewings were hothurt by being left off the list of crookedest richest pasitoros. Eya, nor vex ehn.

Abeg another blogger should come out with an updated list . . . and please make sure not leave off this billilolonaire, we wouldn't anyone anywhere mistaking him for humble & modest man.

JeSoul:

  Awww . . . somebody's feewings were hothurt by being left off the list of crookedest richest pasitoros. Eya, nor vex ehn.

Abeg another blogger should come out with an updated list . . . and please make sure not leave off this billilolonaire, we wouldn't anyone anywhere mistaking him for humble & modest man.

JeSoul Do not Touch (My) anointed. I have listened to Pastor Paul back in my early days as a hustler and I am proud to say his Motivational speeches preaching really got me gingered-up to knuckle-down and get on with Life. I think he is being honest when he says he is a motivational speaker, most Men Of God are not that honest?

The pastor is walking in faith, even the blind and dumb can decipher that from the message

Comedy

lagerwhenindoubt:

JeSoul Do not Touch (My) anointed.

I go touch am. Wetin you go do?  
 

I have listened to Pastor Paul back in my early days as a hustler and I am proud to say his Motivational speeches preaching really got me gingered-up to knuckle-down and get on with Life. I think he is being honest when he says he is a motivational speaker, most Men Of God are not that honest?

Being a motivational speaker is certainly not incompatible with being a pastor, and being filthy rich is def not a sin or crime. What is incompatible and thoroughly despicable here is the arrogance, pride, ego, boastfulness, greed and love for money these men reek off . . . it would be better if they did not name the name of Christ thereby bringing shame to His name whilst perpetrating all these nonsense.

^^^ u were told not to touch my annointed and u did . . . .u will definitely see my wrath in 7 days max.

This is sad coming from a so called man of god

He has a right to say who he believe he is. You say your one and work it out

Joagbaje:

He has a right to say who he believe he is. You say your one and work it out

his right is not in dispute here . . . . but the question is "are those utterances Christ-like? do they reflect the spirit in him?"

I have coached many billionaires and you know, the pastor of billionaires is a billionaire

Joagbaje, ask yourself with honesty if Christ our great exemplar would have uttered such a boastful comment of his material accomplishment?

Delusions of grandeur + paranoia - Classic case for psychiatric evaluation

The blessings of the lord make rich and add no sorrows nairalanders why the sweat over another mans blessing. God said he has not called the seed of jacop to seek him in vain if u read ur bible well all those who deligently served God were stinkingly rich Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Job, king Davi, solomon the Isrealities themselves were all blessed with gold. So live the men of God alone they are my mentors cos am on my way to my billions. Peace

Christianity this days is a matter of material things.many of our pastors have abandoned the teachings of christ and have coined their own teachings from the bible.they now preach the parts of the bible that support their doctrine of prosperity while leaving out the ones the diminish the value of wealth.pastors want to drive exotic cars,wear flashy suits,fly private jets,sail their own yachts etc.thats why i will continue to admire prophet Temitope Joshua.in my opinion,he teaches what the bible says.i never listen to his sermon without having to rethink my life.he might lack the eloquence and charisma of other pastors but his teachings and actions are more than enough to make me want to live a better life.

I guess christians in Naija should go on strike for three days (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) and let us what will happen to those pastors.

success4:

Vanity upon vanity ALL is nothing but VANITY,

i wish them pastors will read this

Of course a pastor of a billionaire is a billionaire.

It only takes ten people to earn a billion for the pastor himself to earn a billion.

Is the pastor trying to teach us simple arithmetic or what?


0.1 x 10 x (1 x 10⁹) = 1 x  10⁹  = 1,000,000,000


where 0.1 = tithal contribution

and 10 = number of people in Pastor Adefarasin's church who earned a billion whilst worshipping at his church.


QED


Therefore, it is mathematically proven that a pastor of billionaires is a billionaire, not all this nonsense he is talking about "goat following baboon".

Na wa o, N8.5m a day for church services? Thats about N18m a month. I just wonder how much money they get from offerings to be able to finance that.

Why do people shout when they hear that a Pastor is rich?

Does this mean that they can only accept the Pastors when they are poor or average?

Or do they think that getting rich is not acceptable in the Church?

I wonder why some people make themselves enemies of progress!

@ poster: The Pastor is rich and there is nothing anyone can do about that!

For goodness sake why is it that when it comes to Nigeria pastor saying anything is always about money, wealth and materials? I am not so impressed by what pastor Adefarasin said I do not expect all this from a man of God to be boastful about money.

So deos this means all what pastoral job is about is Money and Wealth? This is so sad. Pastors can not be trusted again when it comes to Money, they just want more more and more. I remember those day of true pastors whereas they died serving God and humanity and has nothing> By the way what does Pope John Paul left anything behind? Only Bible. What does Mother Theresa left behind? Only Bible. And these are the people that if they wish to be Billionaire they would be BUT they serve God and Humanity till death but our so called pastors today are just out there boasting about money. And so many church members are struggling to survive this is so embbarrassing.

The truth is can't we as a christain ask ourselves a very simple question like "why is it that it is only christainity you will see money madness stuffs and boastful money, money pastors? Cant we ask ourselves how many Imam of a Mosque have private jet or br boasting of Billions? Is Islamic they not also a religion or dont they have leaders? All I know is one good day I mean one good day as Bible says it we shall all see what will happen when that Jesus will come on the judgement day we shall all see who is a true man of God or a man of devil or a man of money then their would be no hidden place anylonger we shall all see it. God bless.

I guess this was one of the reasons why the CBN Gov was prevented from removing the excess Zeros from the Naira.

There's nothing wrong with a pastor being rich but boasting about it takes the buscuit.

shadrach77:

Pastor Paul Adefarasin
“I am a billionaire and there is nothing anybody can do about it,”

Does that include GOD

Adefarasin, has never realy been a pastor but a spoilt brat who missed his way and GOD rescued him, realy he might have billions in his acct because his father and mother are great and rich people.

If F.R.A. Williams is worth 26billion then his own parent will be worth 20billion, so he must have inherited billions then add church money, u can imagine how much he is worth,
the only thing i will beg of him is to give his members offering & tight holiday for six months then i will congratulate him for being a Man of GOD.  

koyaabj:

Adefarasin, has never realy been a pastor[b] but a spoilt brat who missed his way and GOD rescued him[/b], realy he might have billions in his acct because his father and mother are great and rich people.

Thanks God for rescuing the spoilt brats of this world, to Him be all the glory

I think its beta each one get focused in life and don't get distracted that someone is rich or not.
It is God Himself that giveth power to maketh rich:
Prov 10:22 "The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it." - KJV

1 Sam 2:7 " The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up." - KJV

Deut 8:18 " But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day." - KJV

It is not a crime to be rich, pastor or no pastor. Don't be ignorant, choose your own path in life and fulfill your destiny.
You don't have to be the prosecutor, the judge and the jury.
We all have equal opportunity to be rich in life.

I am a christian and i reckon most of the so called pastors says alot of 'b*ll Shit' , why cant we Nigerian just see through them, Adefarasin,Oyedepo,Oyakhilome, TB Joshua,Ashimolowo,Okotie and the likes of them are all arrogant corky idiots, i F**king hate them all, why would a pastor need a private jet,why would all of them want to compete with the size of their bloody churches, and why will Adebayo and the silly pastor of MFM think they can block the ibadan motorway cause of the money making churches, i was once stuck in the silly traffic over night driving back from ijebu,didnt get home till 11am the next day considering the fact i left Ijebu at 6pm the previous day!!!, in short i hate all of the silly 'new generation' self centered pastors with passion!!arrgggggggggggggg, i cant even stand them all!!I pray i come across one of them someday and i will give them a piece of my mind, and i will wait for their god to send their thunder to strike me!!

[color=#990000]pastor paul does not only preach about money, this year alone he has preached on building a strong prayer life, dieing to the altar. i have been in service where he has blasted young men and women that sleep around and live dirty life. pastor paul is a very balanced preacher, he is an all round and he is building up the life of many young people by teaching them to fear God, think big, believe big, work hard, and impact your society. to me he is a good role model for young people of nowadays especially in Nigeria where every thing has been messed up. so quit all these your bashing you dont know a bit of what is going on there.[/color]

Odunu:

The pastor is walking in faith, even the blind and dumb can decipher that from the message

You are right

Psalms 34:2
2 My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.


It is not a sin for a man to boast ,so long as it is within his jurisdiction. If he make boast of the Work of God .  What is wrong is making boast in someone else testimony without working yours out

1 Corinthians 3:21
21 Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;


Paul had his own boast.

2 Corinthians 10:14-15
14 We are not going too far in our boasting, as would be the case if we had not come to you, for we did get as far as you with the gospel of Christ. 15 Neither do we go beyond our limits by boasting of work done by others. Our hope is that, as your faith continues to grow, our area of activity among you will greatly expand,

noetic16:

his right is not in dispute here . . . . but the question is "are those utterances Christ-like? do they reflect the spirit in him?"

Jesus had his own boastings

John 3:35
35 The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.

John 16:15
15 All things that the Father hath are mine:

Motivational speakers they are! Motivational speakers who happen to be 'Christians'. Motivational speakers who also use religion as a tool.  In any case, motivational speakers need not be Christians. But motivational speakers who are not real Christians should stop claiming to be Christians. A sound knowledge of the Bible does not make you a Pastor or a real Christian but it can make you a rich motivational speaker or a 'life coach'.  Hmmm, religion remains an opium sha!

Package religion and garnish it with 'motivational speaking', or is it 'life coaching'?; and boom, you have cash. Very soon and very, very soon, or has it started happening?, we shall have motivational speakers/life coaches who are Muslims, or traditional worshippers. Abi, religion is religion; just have a large congregation and you've got the critical mass that you can 'work it out' with. This sounds nice, adapt nice verses of the Quran and teachings of Orunmila and you're a 'life coach' . Aha, when are we going to have Boko Haram Motivational Speakers?

Sorry please, just musing.

Christianity, wealth. something doesn't click here specially when d subject is even a pastor. I might not have wot 2 nail him here but wot about Jesus' preaching abt d rich man, dat he said it will be very difficult 4 him 2 enter d kingdom of God cos he's money will always be on his mind. Also wot abt not laying ur treasures on earth where moths will devour. Again y be d preacher of particular class?. Jesus didn't do dat, as a matter of fact he came 4 everybody. if u are so blessed spiritually, trust me, even d richest dat is sober will seek u out. Finally, wot dis so call rich pastors, I believe have done is turning d bible 2 a clay n a potters wheel. Shaped out their desired lifestyles n leave out fear n crosses 2 follow Christ truly.