₦airaland Forum

By Imoleayo Oyedeyi and Olufemi Adediran


The viral video of a suspected member of The Lord’s Chosen Charismatic Revival Ministry in Lagos has sparked outrage after the woman celebrated receiving divine assistance during a Federal Government examination and how she shared her answers with another candidate.

During the testimony, the unnamed member claimed an old man appeared to her in the examination hall and gave her answers to some questions.

The woman said the exercise was one of the promotional examinations of the military (Army, Navy, and Air Force) and that there were about 50 questions, of which 40 bordered on career and 10 related to current affairs.

“We all had written our career questions. It then came to these very 10 questions, which asked, ‘Mention 10 Francophone countries and their capitals.’

"Brethren, nobody knew this question. So, all I did was to raise the question paper and declare to it: ‘I am a Chosen! I am a chosen!! I am a chosen!!! This question, who are you? Where is the God of my pastor power?’

“Then, suddenly, an old man appeared by my right-hand side in white apparel. He told me, ‘My daughter, begin to write.’ And I began to write,” she recounted.

She claimed that some of the invigilators, who suspected something was amiss, pulled off her apron, which made “the angel” disappear.

The action, she added, made her angry.

“But when they returned the apron and I wore it back, the old man appeared again and began to tell the rest of the answers. I completed 10 good questions. I wrote them correctly and accurately. To me, it was like a dream.

“Brethren, when I finished writing my questions, a sister who sat by my side was a Mountain of Fire member because of the logo on her clothing. As I took up the answer sheet and was cross-checking my write-up, I signaled to the woman, saying, ‘Sister, do anything you can do humanly possible.

"Any moment from now, I am going to submit my questions.’ While I was cross-checking, the sister quietly copied. And immediately she finished, brethren, I stood up and submitted my questions. Everybody in the hall was looking at me. That was how only two of us out of 102 were able to do this,” she added.

The church then erupted in celebration as she ended her testimony.

The Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Lagos chapter, Bishop Stephen Adegbite, expressed shock that the church allowed the testimony, which he described as a fabrication.

He said God would not work supernatural miracles that way, adding that there were no shortcuts to academic success other than hard work and belief in God.

"He noted that the Christian body would be meeting next Friday to address the controversies raised by the woman’s testimony and several other “unacceptable comments made by Pentecostal pastors on social media.”

“She is entitled to her opinion as she is the owner of her mouth. But for anyone to say such, we must verify that. We must see the people in the hall, and they must testify against her that that was never the situation.

"But looking at it ordinarily, that is a foolish talk, and nobody should accept that. There are testimonies you don’t allow to be given in the church. And that is why before people give their testimonies, you should invite them and know what they want to talk about.

"If it is something that is good for public consumption, you should allow it to go. But if you know that the story they are telling can only be told to monkeys, you should ask the person to go and face the monkeys and say that, not in the church. So, that type of testimony should be served to the monkeys and not to human beings,” the Lagos State CAN chairman declared.

When asked his thought on such miracles, he said, “God doesn’t act that way. I have a Ph.D. Which God of Chosen will appear to you and give you answers to your examination questions?

"The God of Chosen will give you strength to read your books and go for the exams. There is no shortcut to success in life other than hard work and belief in God.”

There have been other trending videos of members of the church sharing testimonies that social media users considered wild.

"In one, a member of the church narrated how a lion miraculously saved him from kidnappers. In another video, another testifier recounted how bullets did not penetrate his head.

The CAN chairman insisted that the testimonies were all fallacies.

“Anybody that wants to prove such a thing should bring a gun to the church. Let the person stand and let us release the bullets. We will see whether the bullets will enter or not. They are all blatant lies from the pit of hell,” he declared.

"We will be meeting probably next Friday. It is going to be a CAN general meeting in Lagos, and we are going to address it. We will speak about the madness going on among Pentecostal pastors,” he added.

Reacting in an interview with Saturday PUNCH, the Head of Public Relations and Media for the church, Pastor Chidi Louis, said the testimony videos were doctored to tarnish the image of the church because some of the incidents happened in the testifiers’ dreams.

He said the church allowed members to share their testimonies the way they wanted without gagging them because it believed that such narrations should not be censored.

“There is no need for us to begin to doubt someone’s testimony. If anybody comes and says he wants to give a testimony, we give that person the opportunity; we don’t guide people on what to say or how to say it. They are free to say it as they like,” Louis stated, adding that the church was unperturbed by social media trolls.

https://punchng.com/i-am-a-chosen-can-fumes-over-exam-malpractice-testimony/

Pot calling kettle black

The kind of "testimonies" we hear nowadays, if, you are a real Christian, you will know that the testimonies are not of God

Please contact me for your testimonial show.. I write and perform..

Niajamabad

These guys just dey bring shame to the body of Christ

oz4real83:
The kind of "testimonies" we hear nowadays, if, you are a real Christian, you will know that the testimonies are not of God

How? If you believe that God can do all things why do you dispute that?

Then if you dispute that why do you chose to believe that of your own church? Abi your brain dey do selective absorption?

MonthlySalary:
Pot calling kettle black

Christians and religious folks na jokers normally. You suppose know

CandyOps:
How? If you believe that God can do all things why do you dispute that?

Then if you dispute that why do you chose to believe that of your own church? Abi your brain dey do selective absorption?

God can never do things that are against his word\scriptures, judge every testimony using his word, throw away any testimony that doesn't align with his word.

oz4real83:
The kind of "testimonies" we hear nowadays, if, you are a real Christian, you will know that the testimonies are not of God

If you believe God drank tea with somebody, you should not have problem believing any testimony.

oz4real83:
God can never do things that are against his word\scriptures, judge every testimony using his word, throw away any testimony that doesn't with his word.

Just to be clear... So God can no longer do all things?

CandyOps:
Just to be clear... So God can no longer do all things?

it seems you are confused, trying to explain something to a confused mindset will be impossible.

Fareke:
Bishop Stephen Adegbite, expressed shock that the church allowed the testimony, which he described as a fabrication.

Which one na fabrication again?
Oga, you can't eat your cake and have it.
It's either you believe everything or you believe nothing.
Double standards is not allowed.

oz4real83:
it seems you are confused, trying to explain something to a confused mindset will be impossible.

So now, God can do everything or not. Or he can do somethings or he can do all things but you need to verify if he was the one who did it before you conclude on if he can do all things or not?

Explain pls

oz4real83:
God can never do things that are against his word\scriptures, judge every testimony using his word, throw away any testimony that doesn't align with his word.

How is their testimonies against his word?

CandyOps:
How is their testimonies against his word?

The Bible is against cheating, when somebody gives a testimony that shows and encourages cheating, such a testimony is against the word of God.

Organized religions are built on lies and they also live on lies.

If their god can drink tea with Adeboye and Use his laptop from heaven to send miracle money to some Nigerian bank accounts, then he can send Angel Expo to give expo to his people during exam.

EyeCumInPiss:
If you believe God drank tea with somebody, you should not have problem believing any testimony.

Drank tea bawo! This is one of the funniest Testimony ever in history.

oz4real83:
The kind of "testimonies" we hear nowadays, if, you are a real Christian, you will know that the testimonies are not of God

I believe all others churches are making mockery of God

Even me wey I b Christian shame dey catch me, imagine Muslims Dey talk about the chosen rubbish n u as a Christian shame dey catch u

oz4real83:
The kind of "testimonies" we hear nowadays, if, you are a real Christian, you will know that the testimonies are not of God

But you believe there were talking snakes, donkeys, bushes etc. You even believe people can chill inside whales for days and that folks resurrected en masse in one day.
So why can't you believe this one?

oz4real83:
it seems you are confused, trying to explain something to a confused mindset will be impossible.

Lol. See dodging. Oga answer the question. So god doesn't do miracles again?

oz4real83:
The Bible is against cheating, when somebody gives a testimony that shows and encourages cheating, such a testimony is against the word of God.

Ok. So you believe the lion and the AK 47 testimonies abi?

jaephoenix:
Ok. So you believe the lion and the AK 47 testimonies abi?

The woman who testified about the AK-47 said she was in a dream, there was never a place in the testimony where she said it happened in reality, she said she woke up from the dream after handing them to the police. Many of you didn't watch the video but keep spreading false info about issues you know nothing about.

oz4real83:
The woman who testified about the AK-47 said she was in a dream, there was never a place in the testimony where she said it happened in reality, she said she woke up from the dream after handing them to the police. Many of you didn't watch the video but keep spreading false info about issues you know nothing about.

She was the only one that mentioned dream. The others that were saying reality, the lion guy, the Cutlass man, the one they shot for over 2 hours nko, another woman said a girl turned into cat. So all their supernatural testimonies happened only in the dream?

oz4real83:
The woman who testified about the AK-47 said she was in a dream, there was never a place in the testimony where she said it happened in reality, she said she woke up from the dream after handing them to the police. Many of you didn't watch the video but keep spreading false info about issues you know nothing about.

There are 3 testimonies concerning AK 47s. One was given by a man who said he was shot for 3 hours with AK and nothing happened. 2 testimonies were women, one of which you noted about. The other one was shot in the chest in the market.
Not just those. There are other crazy testimonies about folks getting released in jails all over the world etc