RCCG'S ENOCH ADEBOYE: PAY YOUR TITHES OR STAND CONDEMNED?

ICHEOKU says the real test of a man is where he stands in times of great adversity. When the soul of every conscionable man is challenged and tested by the dictates of time, urging them to do something, where does he stand. This is the imperative of the now and this is the basis of looking at Pastor Enoch Adeboye through the microscope of moral authority. 

So much has been happening in Nigeria since the advent of the current government of President Muhammadu Buhari, particularly to the Christian communities in Nigeria, including the Redeemed Christian Church of God, which two members have been slaughtered by fanatical muslims zealots and which he pastors as the General Overseer. But this supposed man of God or rather god of men has maintained a deathly conspirator's silence, leading many Nigerians to ask, is it because one of his pastors is the Vice President? Thus his Vice President Osinbajo being part of the horror-filled Fulani Government of Nigeria, Enoch Adeboye is constrained and  hamstrung from condemning the government and/or leading the call for the government to do better and to stop killing fellow Nigerians. 

It should also not have mattered whether those being killed are Middle Beltans or Ndigbo or Niger Deltans and not his ethnic Yoruba people. At least every Nigerian share in the common humanity that constitute Nigeria and this should have motivated Enoch Adeboye, in addition to being a man of God who should condemn and is expected to condemn every form of evil wherever it rears its ugly head. 

But the man of God simply disappeared from the scene and was hardly heard from; not even when a pastor of his church was beheaded in Kano and another member of the Redeemed Christian Church of God was killed in Abuja. Hundreds of Christians in Southern Kaduna were slaughtered, but Enoch Adeboye was silent. Christians in Nimbo Nise Enugu State were slaughtered, but the man of God said nothing. Christians of Agatu community Benue State were murdered yet the GO kept his mouth shut. The slaughter happened in Taraba State but Enoch Adeboye was not impressed enough to utter a word. President Muhammadu Buhari has been running Nigeria like a private Fulani fiefdom, but the man of God, who is supposed to be fearless, continuously cowered down with his mouth sealed with duct tape silence. 

The impunity of the Fulani government of Nigeria led by President Muhammadu Buhari and aided by Vice President Osinbajo continued till this day, but the General Overseer did not find it sufficient enough reason to remind the president of his earlier assurances that he belonged to nobody. Two years has passed since President Muhammad Buhari's inauguration and for this two years has the General Overseer sealed his lips concerning the atrocious government of Fulani for Fulani and by Fulani being run by the same man who lied to Nigerians when he said he belonged to nobody, as it has since been proved that the Fulani ethnic group is his only loyalty and that he wears his Fulani hat and sees through Fulani lens while running a Fulani fealty called Nigeria.

Suddenly, an anti-tithe crusader, who is trying to educate the afraid and gullible Nigerians about wasting their money on these pastors in the name of tithe, happened on the stage and that forced Enoch Adeboye out of his hiding and hibernation. Really? He methodically  crawled out from whatever hole he was hiding in, in his undisclosed location, to condemn the crusader. This shows that Enoch Adeboye is in it for the lucre, period.  He is in it for the money and it is also safe to say that only money effectively touches and stirs Enoch Adeboye's consciousness and goad him into action. A nondescript lumberjack is threatening his money tree with a chainsaw of truth in hand, and Enoch Adeboye must decisively act fast to stop the bleeding. Yes, somebody was finally, bravely explaining to Nigerians that tithing is not necessarily of Jesus Christ as it was not approved by his teachings; and the GO, sensing that this guy is pouring sand in his garri, sprung into action like a lioness whose cub has been threatened or stolen. 

He jumped up to retort and condemn the anti-tithing guy as a mad man who has lost his mind. Just listen to Enoch Adeboye's statement in condemning the guy, wherein he did not counter the issue of tithing nor the glaring evidence adduced by the guy against it. Rather, he attacked the guy's person, in the manner of some one attacking a messenger instead of the message; for suggesting that tithe paying Christians should consider buying alcohol with their money and partying inside the church or any other agreed place of merriment alongside other congregants. The GO, queried: who drinks in a church and who goes to the church with drinks to party. The GO clearly avoided the issues raised concerning the fleecing of poor Nigerians of their money in the name of tithing. The GO  failed to address the appropriateness of the practice, especially regarding poor people of his church who can hardly afford their meals and children's school fees, but whose money Enoch Adeboye, heartlessly and continuously collects as tithes in exchange for a sham and fake promised miracle of abundance and riches. 

ICHEOKU says this his below par performance by General Overseer Enoch Adeboye reminds ICHEOKU of then President Barack Obama, soon following his first election, scolding poor Americans for spending their money gambling it away in Las Vegas in a hopeless expectation of a jackpot windfall. Las Vegas Commission on Tourism cried foul, pounced on Obama, accused him of threatening their livelihood; and aided by some casino moguls, the president was forced to beat a quick retreat, made a retraction in which he urged  Americans to continue enjoying themselves and carrying on with whatever activities that gives them joy and happiness, including of course gambling away their money in Las Vegas. It is called the power of the purse and it is powerful and many has been killed for endangering its continuous flow. This guy was the then President Barack Obama and Nigerians are the poor Americans gambling their money away in a casino called Redeemed Christian Church of God. The casino owner, feeling threatened by possible income depletion by the activities of this guy, which he did not find a laughing matter, has like the Empire, struck back. As far as Enoch Adeboye was concerned, this guy and his education of Nigerians were bad jokes gone too far and must be stopped before a man is forced to part ways with his money, The faucet must not be allowed to shut down; neither will the goose that lays his golden eggs be allowed to grow wiser and go into menopause immediately. 

ICHEOKU says this says a lot about the man Enoch Adeboye, that were he Igbo, may be some people would have excused his apparent love of money. This is a man who did not step up to the plate when two female members of his church, one a pastor, were murdered by Muslim Islamist fanatics. Here is a man who did not utter a word when terrorists Fulani Muslim nomads perpetrate rampant atrocities and mayhem across Christian South and North central Nigeria. This is a man who looks the other way as impoverished members of his church cannot feed their hungry children or pay their hospital bills or school fees. This is a man who cannot organize a Christian Financial Bond to compete with SKUKU or establish small scale industries to help absorb the excess unemployed manpower among his church members and Nigeria in general. 

This is a man of God who could look at the so many injustices and inequities being perpetrated by President Muhammad Buhari and keep a tight lip. He kept his cool and maintained sealed lips and for nearing two years now, until the anti-tithe crusader played the ball into his eighteen yards. The goalkeeper feeling threatened must do whatever it takes to protect his goalpost. The business man who is trading on scriptures must defend his business venture, his money maker, and he rose up to fight back. 

ICHEOKU says now that Enoch Adeboye has finally exposed himself for what he truly is, a pretentious man of God but lover of money. Any Nigerian still trusting and patronizing his Redeemed business enterprise, paying him tithe, should be left to their own device. Otherwise what else would it take for any sane person to be convinced about the true stand of this guy, who is more interested in keeping his jet flying than worry about sundry stuff. His sudden appearance to condemn this crusader and protect his means of livelihood and crass opulence, is the sum total of who he really is. It is all about the real Enoch Adeboye as opposed to the one who makes faces of piety on television. He is a business man dealing on scriptures and making out like a bandit, doing it. Simply put, it is doubtful if General Overseer Enoch Adeboye is really of God and from God. He is a fake pastor and does not truly believe in the good news of Jesus Christ, otherwise why hasn't he sold off everything and follow Jesus or direct the miracles of riches to his account numbers instead of through third parties tithes contributors. But hey, feel free to go to his church and give him your money at your own risk.