dforestfox:

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!!!

Joagbaje:

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,

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:

zenatta:

@post

no brainer that I like Pastor Adefarasin. Long long ago followed as he told his story, his struggles

maybe his speech is a tad boastful but why not, what parent has not beat their chest to acclaim a well turned out child. an apple can not fall far from the tree. A mother's glory is in the beauty of a well brought up child.  God our heavenly Father was boastful of Job.

Pastor A has every right to claim he is a billonaire because you cannot impact what you don't have. A kingmaker always has the ears of the king. The Pastor can never be poor when the people he has preached to are very wealthy, c'est ne pas possible!
Motivational speaker, preacher, no matter,as long as  when the man who was down hears him and sets about life anew to the point of resounding success, that all that matters

Pastor A has always been a down-to-earth person. and that works for me. I remember a story he told about a member desiring his annointing
Please kill the notion that men who dilligently serve God ought to be poor. Not so. God rewards always. God is a rule changer, but thats the story for another day.
Pastor A does not look to me as a list man. We know the list people. ( an aside) Ehn, Nigerians and their love for inclusion in lists

mr.official:

I'm not gonna criticise any pastor but i still hold to the verse in the bible.

Ec:1:2: Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

Since men of God rewards are not in this earth, why bag billions when masses are suffering? I don't care what you've done for the masses, that should not justify the reason you have billions in your account.

mr.official:

@cgift, How can money be the reward? Don't you know what money can do on this planet? Or have you been living under a rock? Don't contradict yourself! I'm off jare. No time for needless arguments.

JeSoul:


There is boasting in the Lord - where the glory goes to God

And then there is boasting in yourself - where the glory goes to yourself

Judge for yourself, is a man standing on a stage in a luxurious hotel dressed in expensive clothes, declaring the billions in his bank account - glorifying to God?

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Please Joagbaje, do not compare the humble words of our Lord Jesus speaking on the incomprehensible greatness of the Father, or Paul showing off the good works of conversion and subsequent fruit in the church - with the despicable utterances of a foolish man talking about how much money he has in his bank account. PLEASE DO NOT. I mean do you not see the great difference between the two?

Joagbaje:

@all

Calling a christian a millionaire or billionaire in an understatement. A christian own all things. He owns the world. All things belong to christ.

Romans 4:13
For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

In christ all things are ours. The choice is ours. If want it, collect, if you don't want ,no problem.

1 Corinthians 3:21
. . . For all things are yours;

Joagbaje:

@all

Calling a christian a millionaire or billionaire in an understatement. A christian own all things. He owns the world. All things belong to christ.

Romans 4:13
For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

In christ all things are ours. The choice is ours. If want it, collect, if you don't want ,no problem.

1 Corinthians 3:21
. . . For all things are yours;

Joagbaje:

@all

Calling a christian a millionaire or billionaire in an understatement. A christian own all things. He owns the world. All things belong to christ.

Romans 4:13
For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

In christ all things are ours. The choice is ours. If want it, collect, if you don't want ,no problem.

1 Corinthians 3:21
. . . For all things are yours;

koyaabj:

Adefarasin, 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.  

Pukkah:

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.

oscartawn1:

WARNING:

For all those speaking ill about men of God! See what's written:

"1Ch 16:22 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
Ps 105:15 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm."

Saul was after the life of David and he forced David to run into caves, (cos he'd kill David at the slightest opportunity) and live in exile but this was what David said when he had a "golden" opportunity to take the life of Saul:
I Sam 24: 4-6 "And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which the LORD said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe privily.

And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt.

And he said unto his men, The LORD forbid that I should do this thing unto my master, the LORD'S anointed, to stretch forth mine hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the LORD."


Mariam and Aaron weren't very fortunate when they spoke against Moses because of his "choice of wife".
He that has an ear let him hear!

JeSoul:

You're not the only one who knows how to make big fonts.

frenchman2:

Haven gone through all comments on this topic, i just can't understand why we take pleasure in judging others.

for you christians, remember what the bible says, 'who are you to judge another man's servant.

it's God's duty to judge, not man's.

and also don't forget, what you sow is what you reap. watch the seeds you're sowing.

Don't do to others what you know you wouldn't want others to do to you.

Be warned.