Pastor Adeboye Wrong On “Three Persons Of God”.

By Chinwoki Mbadinuju
Saturday Sun, April 9, 2011 p.63-65

The name Pastor Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church Of
God Ministries, has become a household one through his aggressive evangelism. Apart
from seeing him on his numerous television programmes calling people to Christ, and
God healing as many as should be saved, I had the first opportunity of his inviting me on
his podium and shaking his hand on the stage at Awka, Anambra State. I was then
governor of the state, and a few years back had been founding national president of
Christian Lawyers Fellowship of Nigeria (CLASFON) and later national legal adviser of
Full Gospel Business Men’s Fellowship International (FGBMFI). That was years after
repentance, and membership of Pastor Paul Nwachukwu’s Grace of God Mission at
Onitsha. I had fellowshipped a few times with Pastor Ayo Oritsajafor, the current
national president of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN).

For all those years, I loved and still love the things of God. I was the first to put
signboards running from Onitsha to Benin, Onitsha to Owerri, Onitsha to Enugu, and
other places, announcing that “Jesus is coming soon.” That was in 1984, the year of my
repentance. When I became governor of the Anambra State, I started doing that which
was used to. I initiated the popular Monday morning prayers with workers, live on radio
and television, and in market places across the state. This has continued till today, and
God has continued to bless Anambra for it. And by the grace of God, I whave grown in
faith and written 15 Christian books and pamphlets, which are widely read within and
outside the country. So one can say that I have grown from drinking “milk” of he word,
to eating “strong meat” and, therefore, cannot be “babe” at the same time (Hebrews
5:12,13). This brief biography is necessary, so that ‘fathers in the faith’ will know we are
all labourers in the same Lord’s vineyard (See Paul in Galatians 1 & 2).

Many people have obtained life through salvation of Christ, as ministered by Pastor
Adeboye, although many others had also died during crusade stampede out of curiosity of
many to have a glimpse of this apparently historic ‘man of God’. So talking as man and
from the signs following Pastor Adeboye’s ministry, one could say that God called him.
But has God called everybody in the ministry?

In the Book of Jeremiah 23:21, 26, 28, God Himself said: “I have not sent these
prophets , yet they ran: I have not spoken, yet they prophesied…How long shall this be in
the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? Yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their
own heart… the prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream: and he that hath my
“word” let him speak my “word” faithfully. For what is the chaff to the wheat, saith the
Lord.”
I am so much interested in the quoted verse, which talks about the “word” of God. If the
“word” which is the apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers speak is not the
“word” fo God, it cannot be for the purpose of perfecting the saints, and for the work of
the ministry, or the edifying of the Body of Christ (Eph 4:11-13). In that case, both the
speaker and the hearer of the word benefit nothing, and as Prophet Isaiah said in his book,
Chapter 9 verse 16, “For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led
of them are destroyed.” And in the book of Hosea God warned: “My people are destroyed
for lack of knowledge; because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that
thou shalt be no priest to me; seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also
forget thy children.”
The above introduction is necessary to bring me to Pastor Adeboye’s teaching on the
Personality of God, in terms of whether God is ONE PERSON, or whether God is
THREE PERSONS; and whether our God has a NAME. if he does, what is his name?
Pastor Adeboye is a Bible teacher and teaches how to pray too, and because he seems to
be an expert in this subject, we must carefully analyse his teaching and bring it within the
focus of what the Bible says, even as Christ himself admonished that we “search the
scriptures, for in them ye thing ye have eternal life; and they are they which testify of
me” (John 5:39).

In fully appreciating Pastor Adeboye’s teaching on the Personality of God, we must

search the scriptures rather than depend on the “word of man” or such doctrines, which
many ministers picked up from Bible schools and colleges.

In Pastor Adeboye’s “Open Heaven” Series, Vol. 11, 2011 – A daily guide to close
fellowship with God titled, “Watch your works” of February 22, 2011, he admonished his
flock as follows:
“To sustain your Christian life, you must watch against the wind of false doctrine
blowing across the world in these end times.
“that some people teach that God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit are
one and the same Person manifesting in different ways.
“That some people teach that you must be baptized only in the name of Jesus Christ.
“That another reason people move from the truth into falsehood is that while being taught
the truth, they never got grounded.
“That if you have a half-baked knowledge of God’s Word, you are giving room to the
enemy to fill you with false doctrines.
“That if you see someone you know who was once in the truth but now preaches heresy
take to your heels.
“If you try to convince the fellow to return to the truth, be very careful so that you are not
swept off your feet.
“That ironically, those in error claim to be the ones with the truth and their members hold
tenaciously to their error.
“And Pastor Adeboye finally asked: “Are you a victim of false doctrine? Call on the Lord
to deliver you today. Run to a Full Gospel Bible-believing church for help.”

Before I comment on each of these 10 Pastor Adeboye’s prayer teaching points, as

contained in his said monthly Prayer Book called “Open Heavens” of February 22, 2011,
I want to make it known that Pastor Adeboye’s doctrines on the particular subject are at
variance with the doctrines of Christ and his Apostles and Prophets, which I took time to
detail, chapter by chapter, and verse by verse of the scriptures, even as Christ Himself
enjoined us to do in John 5:39. Although it seems out of the ordinary to say that one is
disagreeing with this man of God on the area of doctrines, which he is supposed to be an
expert, we will see the difference when we read Pastor Adeboye’s book, and also read the
three copies of my books on The Restored Church (Agenda for Church Reform) in which
I fully discussed the doctrines and teachings of Christ and his apostles and prophets. I
allowed the Bible to talk to us, but unfortunately our Pastor Adeboye did not think it
important to even support anything he said with any Bible chapters and verses as I tried
to do in these books.

The Restored Church (Agenda for Church Reform) a 552 page book, which is critical of
the present day church doctrines, which are not based up on the teachings and doctrines
of Christ and his Apostles.
The Restored Church (A wake-up call)
The Restored Church (Book Summary/Review)
These three books were published, and presented to the public on October 14, 2010 in
Abuja, in an occasion chaired by the former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo
(represented). The book on Agenda for Church Reform contains seven chapters and 552
pages. Chapter one contains themes such as “Continuing Steadfastly in the Apostles’
Doctrine”, “The Church’s Foundation”, “Who is Jesus”, “The Trinity”, “The Fall of the
Church”, “Restoration of the Fallen Church”. Obviously, there would be no need for
reformation and restoration if the church had not, by 312 AD, derailed and fallen into
doctrinal errors. So we see that errors in the church did not happen today, although the
church today appears to be the obstruction in the divine process of reformation and
restoration.

We are here sayint that although reformation and restoration started a long time ago, they
have not ended, and rather continuing till today, and will continue till we come to
Ephesians 4:26-27 when the derailed and fallen church might be “sanctified” and
“cleansed” with the washing of water by the word, that “he (Christ) might present it to
himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle, or any such things, but that it
should be holy and without blemish.” This is the great goal of the church and
Christianity. Anyone hindering this goal of Christ and his Church will discover that even
the “gates of hell shall not prevail against it” (Matt 16:18).

In the introduction of my said book, Agenda for Church Reform, I stated clearly the need
for the church reform and restoration and that what we are reforming and restoring are
the doctrines, teachings and practices of the church not preached by Christ and his
apostles and prophets. Anything we say or do today that fail to conform with the
apostolic time and period must be false doctrines. Martin Luther started reforming the
church in 1517AD and the process has continued till today, as the Holy Spirit has led the
sons of God (Rom 8:14) into their ministry as in Ephesians 4:11-12. when Martin Luther,
in 1517AD, began his reformation, the like of our today’s pastors and teachers at that
time opposed Martin Luther, calling him names and criticised him for following “every
wind of doctrine”. But today, Martin Luther is reckoned as one of the heroes of
Christianity, who withstood all deprivations, as St Paul detailed of his won experiences in
2 Corinthians 6:3-10: “Giving no offence in anything, that the ministry be not blamed.
But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in
afflictions, in necessities, in distress, in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours,
in watching, in fasting…as deceivers, and yet true, as unknown, and yet well known, as
dying, and behold, we live, as chastened, and not killed, as sorrowful, yet always
rejoicing, as poor, yet making many rich, as having nothing, yet possessing all things.”

I gave reasons for continuing reforms and restoration in the church today, insisting that at
a time when nations and institutions are engaged in efforts at reforms, as in economic
reform, political reforms, electoral reforms, monetary system reforms and so on, is it not
strange or curious that no one hears much about church (religious) reforms? Or can we
sincerely say that the church, as it is today, has no need for any type of reforms?

It is in this connection that my books on restoration become very significant and coming
at a time when, indeed, there is increasing need for the present church system, doctrines
or teachings, beliefs, worship, and administration to be re-examined not minding the
ecumenical strong and stiff walls as well as entrenched interests of church leaders all over
the world. It si my considered view that they are not the church leaders of today that will
lead the way in church reforms and restoration. As it was in the beginning, is now, and
ever shall be, is part of our liturgy and it is very instructive. The Pope cannot lead the
reform and restoration, nor will church leaders down the line, who have managed to
assume leadership at various levels of church organization. But we have already seen
above from Isaiah 9:16: “The leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are
led of them are destroyed.” They are the led that bear the brunt and get destroyed, and not
the leaders who cause all the problems.

As I said above, although some reforms were started in 1517AD with Martin Luther and
continued by; john Wesley, who preached holiness, and joined by Lutherans, Baptists,
Presbyterians, Anglicans, Methodists, none of these divisions or denominations was able
to achieve full reformation and restoration. Unless the church today reforms and restores,
it may fall within the condemnation of our Lord, as God said in John 4:23: “the hour
cometh, and now is, when true worshippers shall worship the Father in Spirit and in
truth.” The Lord had, in verse 22, made it clear that what the people worshipped “they
know not”. We may try to exempt ourselves from those who worship “what they know
not” but I say unto you that all are already included, and none today is exempted, not
minding, which denominational church you attend, none is better than the other.

The anti-reform church leaders like many of today’s Pentecostal and establishment
churches alike argue that there I nothing wrong with the way the churches or
denominations they lead function. They argue that church, as an organisation, has made
progress sin evangelism and in bringing people to Christ. But bringing people to Christ
does not impress God. In fact, Christ had an occasion to rebuke the Scribes, Pharisees of
his time and called them hypocrites because they “compass sea and land to make on
proselyte (one covert), and when he is made you make him two- fold more the child of
hell than yourselves” (Matt 23:15). Does this ring bell in Pentecostal ministries today?
Will Christ not also rebuke the Scribes and “Pharisees” of today in our Churches as he
did in Matt 23:15?
So God prefers that as a pastor or a Christian that you are well rooted in the doctrines of
Christ and his apostles before you start evangelism to win souls for him (Christ). And that
is why St. Paul admonished good training and grounding in the knowledge of God and
how best he culd run the Christian race set before him, lest that by any means, when he
has preached to others, he himself should be a cast away. Is it not possible that most, if
not majority of our preachers and church leaders today’s, will be a “cast away” after they
have taught others? (see 1 Cor. 9:27).

There is no doubt that Christianity of today has remained perverted, as it was by 312AD
during the period we call the Dark Age, and not to continue church reformation and
restoration would amount to disservice to God. The attitude of denominational churches
that certain things they do wrongly did not matter is unfortunate. And trying to sweep
things under the carpet and postponing the evil day have become the norm in the
denominational churches.

For example, in baptism, which is one of the most important doctrines of the church of
the Pentecost, the denominations today tend to trivialise it. Fro them it does not matter if
one is baptised in the “name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.” Or one is
baptised in the name of Jesus. Or a 3rd method going to baptise using both names, that is:
2In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, In Jesus Name”! Many churches
combine the names so that unbelief. In spite of Matt28:19, all the baptism done by the
apostles were done in the name of Jesus, which is what Matt28:19 say, the disciples
having known that Father, Son and Holy Ghost are functions of “One God, “whose name
in this Church Age in Jesus. No baptism is acceptable except it is done in the NAME OF
JESUS, as in Acts 2:38, 4:12, 4:18, 5:42, 8:12, 10:48,19:5 you may also see Luke 24:46-
47, Rom 6:3, Gal 3:27, 1Cor 1:13, 15, Col3:17, and Rev 22:16.

I challenge Pastor Adebayo, or any of his associates to show me in the Bible where any
baptism was ever done in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. No one
can faint that practice in the Bible. Rather, all baptisms were in the name of Jesus Christ.
And it is not is baptism only, but the name of Jesus Christ is also used to end all prayer
made to the Father. (See John 16:23, which says: Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in
my name, he will give it you).

Again Col3:17 make it clear: “Whatsoever you do in world or deed, do all in the name of
the Lord Jesus.” It will amount to apostasy for any Christian to abandon, or depart from
the doctrine or teachings of Christ and his apostles, because as the Bible says the church
is built on the foundation of apostles and the prophets and Jesus Christ the chief comer
stone as in Eph 2:20. Even St. Paul went further to curse anyone who departed from the
apostles doctrine or teaching. He said in Gal 1:8-9. “Though we, or an angel from
heaven, preach any other Gospel unto you, let him be accursed.” And in 1 Cor 2:10-11,
Paul again said: “As wise master builder, I ave laid the foundation… for other foundation
can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

The same St Paul, in 1 Tim 4:16, made it clear that doctrine saves as against some
denominations, which teach that doctrine does not save, and that that matters is believing
in jesus Christ. But we even know from the Bible that calling him “Lord, Lord” will not
save anyone, nor make someone enter (See Matt 7:21).

Paul wrote the church saying: “Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine (teaching)
continue in them: for in doing that thou shalt both save thyself, and unto the doctrine
(teaching) continue in them: for in dong that thou shalt both save thyself, and them that
hear thee” (1Tim 4:16). And in 2 Tim 3:16 Paul again wrote: “All Scripture is given by
inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine.” So these modem Christian preachers
and teacher must tell us where their own modern Bible tells them that apostolic doctrine
and teachings divide rather than unite brethren in denominations. By the way, it is
because of false doctrine that we have denominations, otherwise in the beginning it was
not so; there were no denominations, but one Church, One body, one Spirit, One lord, one
Faith, one Baptism, One God and Father of all (Eph3:3-6). Denomination means division,
and where there is division there is no Spirit of God. Denominational or “Divided
Churches” today are not part of what Christ or his apostles and prophets taught,
Contention and divisions in denominations are condemned in the Bible in 1 Cor 1:10-15:
indeed, another name for domination is division and contention, and the Angel said:
“come out of her my people and be your separate” (2Cor 6:17). The only “name” the
devil fears is the name of Jesus (see Acts 4:1416-17-18-30) and he laughs at Christians
when they baptise and end their prayers in the Trinitarian formula of “Father, Son, and
Holy Ghost”. The only name that disturb and distracts and defeats the devil and makes
him tremble is the name of Jesus (see Acts 19:13-20; James 2:19), But Father, Son, and
Holy Ghost” only describe Jesus as God in creation (Father), God in flesh (Son) and God
that lives in believers as Spirit, as the Bible says in Rom8:14: “For as many as are led by
the Spirit of God are the sons of God.” The name of God in this Christian dispensation is
Jesus ever as Christ himself testified in Rev 22:16.

Paul described this unity of God as “mystery of godliness” He wrote: “And without
controversy great is the mystery of godliness; God was manifest in the Flesh, justified in
he Spirit, seen of the angels preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world,
received into glory.” If there was anything like “trinity” this was the best opportunity
Paul had to have taught the “strange” doctrine. Nor will Paul ever have taught Trinity
when our Lord had taught “Unity” in mark 12:29.

So, we now have the unfortunate introduction of the Trinitarian baptism and prayers in
the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, which the church, in error,
adopted at the Council of Nice in 325AD when bishops in the Christendom met to decide
whether or not the church should adopt the Trinitarian baptismal formula. These ws a
doctrine that had kept the Roman Church divided for too long. The matter was finally
decided by voting, in which all the bishops were evenly split and Emperor Constantine,
who was a nominal Christian but chairman of the Christian Council, was asked to cast a
deciding vote, and he voted in favour of Trinity. Trinitarian doctrine was not preached by
Christ, not by the apostles. It was picked up in the Fallen Church during the Dark Age,
and the strange doctrine has refused to be dumped despite our Lord’s clear statement in
support of the unity rather than Trinity of God in mart 12:29 “Hear O Israel; the Lord Our
God is one Lord” (see also Ephesians 4:3-6 on the Unity of the Spirit, One Lord, One
God. But today the church believes in Trinity of God. So, who says there is no need for
reform and restoration?

It is the KNOWLEDGE OF THE SON OF GOD that shall make a Christian an “OVER-
COMER” AND A “PERFECT-MAN,” with THE MEASURE OF THE STATURE OF
THE FULLNESS OF CHRIST.

The Bible contains different level of revelations of the Lord.

• As the HOLY CHILD JESUS (Acts 4:27)
• As the CARPENTER’S SON (Matt 13:55, mark 6:3)
• As the SON OF GOD (John 10:36).
• As the GOD to the over-corners (Rev 21:7)
• As the GREAT GOD (Titus 2:13)
• As the TRUE GOD (John 17:3)
• As the LORD ALMIGHTY (Rev 1:8: 2Cor 6:17-18)
• As the FATHER ( John 10:30, 14:9, 2Cor 6:17, 18)
• As He called Himself, THE LORD GOD of the Holy prophets (Rev 22:6, 16)
• As the Bible says “THE LORD (JESUS CHRIST) IS THAT SPIRIT” (2Cor3:17)
•
Every one must decide on which level knowledge OF THE SON OF GOD one is
operation. Are you on the level of “Holy Child,” or “SON or GREAT GOD” or “TRUE
GOD,” or “LORD ALMIGHTY,” or “FATHER”? Many Christian will never the
FAHTER ALMIGHTY because it is not given to them to know, (See Matt 11:27;
Mark4:11-12) “All things are delivered unto Me of my Father and no man knoweth the
Son, but the Father. Neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and hwe to
whomsoever the Son will revel Him” (Matt 11:27). And Jesus added to this in, Mark 4:11
telling the disciples that unot them “it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom; but
unto them that are without. All these things are done in parables. That seeing they may
see and to perceive, and hearing they may hear and not understand lest all anytime they
should be converted and their sins should be forgiven them.”

HOWEVER, we see that JESUS IS LORD, GOD:

That the same God is Father (John 14:9, 2 Cor6:17-18; Rev21:7)

That the same GOD is SON (John 10:36; Heb 1:5)
That the same GOD, IS SPIRIT (2Cor 3:17)
HE IS ONE LORD AND ONE GOD! NOT TWO!! NOT THREE!!!. GOD IS ONE
(UNITY); NOT THEREE (TRINIY) JESUS CHRIST AS MAN, being the express image
of GOD’S PERSON (HEB 1:3), NOT PERSONS.

Lastly, and referring particularly to Pastor Adebayo’s 10 prayer points: it is now clear
that “the wind of false doctrine blowing across the world in those end times” did not
begin today. It started even in Christ’s days when in Matt 15:9 he condemned his hearers
particularly the Pharisees and Scribes whom he said worshipped God “in vain” as they
“teach for doctrines” the commandment of men.” Does commandment of men not mean
“false doctrine”? Is this not what is going on in the churches today when Christ told the
church that “God is one person,” no three persons” (See Mark 12:29 and Hebrews 1:3).
Pastor Adebayo should lead his army of worshippers back to the doctrines of the church
as preached by Christ and his apostles and prophet (Ephesians 2:20). To further show that
false doctrine was there in St Paul’s time he warned the church, the Elders at Ephesus
against “grievous wolves” that would enter the church ot devour the flock” (Acts 20:28-
29). The “grievous wolves have already entered, we are only trying to “force them” out
thought church restoration” (see John 16:23). The “grievous wolves” today would be
those who refuse to accept the teachings of Christ and his Apostles and Prophets.

On the 2nd prayer point:

If some people teach that God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit are one and
the same person they are right. If anybody does not teach that doctrine he is none of
Christ and does not belong to the Church of the Pentecost. My books on church
restoration are full of Bible passage to support this view. If any Bible teacher is not
teaching according to Christ’s doctrine, he should now embrace the truth and abandon his
Bible School indoctrination and let his church assembly grow in the knowledge of who
Jesus really is.

The teaching that Christian baptism must be done in the name of Jesus Christ only
Biblical and is rue as all baptism in the Acts of Apostles were done in the name of Jesus.
( See my analysis above where we noticed all baptism in Acts of Apostle wee done in the
name of Jesus right from Acts Chapter 2:38 to Acts 19:5 – more than seven (7) place and
none was in the Trinitarian formula of “Father. Son, and Holy Spirit’).

So also in prayers, which must be to the Father through our Lord Jesus Christ, there
should be no controversy about this (See John 16:23).

But with due respect I disagree with Pastor Adeboye that people move from truth into
false-hood because they were not grounded in the truth. Rather people desert their church
and move into a true living church because they have been taught by God, not Bible
Schools. In these last days we will no longer be taught by our neighbours or even pastors
for God Himself shall write in laws in our hearts (See Jeremiah 31:31-34).

Those who have half-baked knowledge of God’s word are mainly found in the
denominational churches where all the “half-baked” Christians are waiting for perfection
in the Restored Church. (Eph 5:26-28) It is only when you come out of it will you
appreciate the wrong direction you have gone.

7/8) Furthermore, I do not share the pastor’s view that if you see anyone preaching heresy
you should “take to your heels.. You should confront the devil, the spirit of heresy, and
drive the spirit away from the victim I agree with James 4:7 that if you resist the devil
he‘ll flee. You should also learn from what Paul did to the seven sons of Secheva (Acts
19:9-16), and Simon the Sorcerer, in (Acts 13:8-12) you do not run from problem if God
has called you to do a thing in Jesus name (not in the name of the Father, the Son, and the
Holy Spirit). Talking of heresy didn’t they call Paul a “Babbler” (Acts 17:18), which
means somebody who is talking rubbish and who chatters idly in a confused speech, yet
he (Paul) was God’s Chosen. 9) I agree completely with Pastor Adeboye when he said
that “ironically, those in error claim to be the ones with the truth and their members hold
tenaciously to their error.” What a wonderful way to think about all the denominational
churches who came out of the “denominational pit” carrying with them all the
denominational sand, mud, debris, dirt which when translated means: false doctrines,
false teachings, hatred for others, envy, idolatry, witchcraft, wrath, strife, sedition,
heresies which are part of the denominational creed and way of life (Gal 5:19-21) – From
such turn away! (2 Timothy 3:5).

Just like “the scripture has concluded everyone under sin, that the promise by faith of
Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe” so are all in the denominational
churches come under this influence of false doctrine, and everyone there needs to do
what Pastor Adeboye prescribed, and that is “call on the Lord” for deliverance. But
“running into a Full Gospel Bible-believing Church for help” may sound good but where
will you find such.

Accusations of preaching heresy and repeating the old and decadent warning about
Christians being tossed about by every wind of doctrine-these warnings and threats are
no longer problem to real believers in Christ. The church leaders’ warnings are only
aimed at retaining their membership and continuing to feed them not with the real word
of God, but with “over-night manna” that “bred worms, and stank” (Exodus 16:19-20).
Most of our preachers today preach in order to get clapping and applause from their
audience. But Christ warned in his days that the praise and popularity – seeking teachers
and preachers were on their own. Indeed he cursed them, “Woe unto you, when all men
shall speak well of you for so did their fathers to the false prophets (Luke 6:26).

It is evident that most church leaders in every Age cannot be different. These leaders
answer “servant of God” not “servant of Christ” Apostle Paul was happy that he could be
called the “servant” of Christ.” But whether God or Christ, both are One and the same.
We are told, in the book Philippians 2:6-11, that Jesus being in the form of God, thought
it not robbery to be equal with God; but made himself of no reputation, and took upon
him the form of a servant , and was made in the likeness of men…” Being “in the form of
God” is the same as being God, and Messiah (John 4:26). So, this passage provides the
answer to the question how the Man, Jesus could be the God Almighty as more light is
thrown into it by St. Paul’s “mystery of godliness” in 1Timothy 3:16.

Furthermore, in John 17:3 Jesus said: “And this is life eternal, that they might know thee
the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.” Here our Lord Jesus Christ
spoke as Man, with God in him. And in John 17:11 Christ (as Man) prayed to God for his
followers, “that they may be one, as We are one. Here Christ is telling us that both Him
and Father are One (as in John 10:30). “I and my Father are One.” As he also told Philip,
in John 14:9: “He that hath seen me hath seen the Father.” Even the deaf and the dumb,
the blind and at heart should, from all that have been said, be satisfied about the truth of
the relationship between Christ and the Father, and that the two are One, unity not
Trinity. In terms of “every wind of doctrine wouldn’t Christ and St. Paul, who both kept
the law before they preached grace be accused of being “tossed about by every wind of
doctrine”? There shall always be “every wind of doctrine” whenever God gives new light
and new insight as his Holy Spirit leads his people (Rom 8:14) into “The Present Truth”
(2 Peter 1:12). This is the main message we have presented in the three volumes of The
Restored Church, which we encourage every serious Christian, or even non Christians, to
find time to read. The three books are free for the indigents. (Call 07031825859 for help).

And finally, I pray that Pastor Adeboye can find time out of his crowded engagements for
us to have PRESS DISCUSSION on this subject of Personality of God/Tinity, whose
topic is of paramount importance to the church, yesterday, today, and for posterity.
On the issue of those who are called “babe” in the Lord, of those who newly repented and
who Pastor Adeboye categorized as “not being grounded” in the word of God, or who
have “half-baked knowledge” and who could easily be filled with “false doctrines,” my
question for the pastor is how old was Saul of Tarsus as a Christian before God called
him into his ministry to the gentiles? In fact, we should hear him recant his experiences in
the book of Galatians Chapter 1:6-24. Please make out time and chance to read this
passage.

You may call Paul’s conversion or ministry to the Gentiles a great miracle, but God, who
performed that miracle, is still on his throne, and he can do it again after Paul, but not by
might nor by power but his Spirit, (Zech 4:6).

If God raised and used Paul the way he did, he is still well able to do it again in anyone,
including this reader. Paul was fairly an old man when Christ called him, but the only
experience he had was the persecution of believers. God transformed him from
persecutor to the persecuted (Acts 21:27-28) fulfilling the word of God that God is not
mocked, whatsoever a man sowed that he shall also reap (Gal 6:7). One very important
thing Christian churches all over the world should know is that the church we talk about
is owned by someone, in the form of a limited liability company. In the case of what we
are talking about, the church is owned by Christ. In Matthew 16:18, our Lord made it
clear that he will build his church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. By this
declaration, Christ assured that he is the builder and the owner of the church. He has
exclusive right over it by this declaration he is the head, owner, builder and founder of
the church.

But if there is head, there must be body. So while Christ is the head, the church is the
body. The Bible says that the church is built upon the foundation of the apostles and the
prophets and Jesus Christ as the chief corner stone (Eph 2:20). But every effort of man
has been to displace Christ from ownership of his Church. This is illustrated by Christ
Himself in his parable or allegory in Luke 19:12-27, having set up his business he hired
men to oversee the estate. But as soon as the Lord travelled, those he placed in charge
conspired against him and revolted saying: “We will not have this man to reign over”
(verse 14). But at the end, when the Lord returned, all those his enemies who revolted
against Him were killed under the personal supervision of the Lord Himself (verse 27).
It is in such a disobedient bracket that the church and the Christians thereof have found
themselves waiting to be destroyed, having disobeyed and revolted against the owner of
the church for which “he gave his life as ransom for many” (Mark 10:45 and John 15:13)
(See also Matt 25:1-13 & Jude verse5).

Ever since Christ established his church both God and man have not rested, as man fell
into one disobedience or the other and attracted a just recompense for every transgression
(Heb 2:2). For example, Christ Himself said that God is One, and that he is the express
image of his (God’s) Person (Heb 1:3). And Mark 12:29, Christ Himself said again:
“Hear, O Isreal: the Lord our God is One Lord.” And Ephesians 4:3-6, the Bible says:
“There is One body, One Spirit, One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism, One God and Father
of all.”

But the response of Christians has been to disagree with the owner and founder of the
church, and to tell him that GOD is not ONE PERSON, but THREE PERSONS. So when
Christ said GOD is ONE, the church HE founded countered that it is not so, that God is
THREE PERSONS, obviously trying to make GOD a liar! But “God forbid: let God be
true, but every man a liar (Romans 3:4). Again rather than accept the UNITY of God, the
church argues that God is in Trinity, not Unity, and that is after God Himself affirmed
what he said in Mark 12:29 and Heb 1:3. But the church and her leadership cannot point
even at one verse of the Bible, where Christ and His apostles and prophets taught Trinity
instead of Unity of God.

In baptism, Christ charged his disciples to preach, teach and baptize those who believe, in
the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The apostles and prophets of Christ
went on evangelism and did what Christ commanded them to do and baptized all their
converts in the name of Jesus Christ. (Acts 2:38; 4:12; 5:42; 8:12; 8:16; 10:48; 19:5. Also
Luke 24:46-47; Rom 6:3; 1 Cor 1:13, 15: Rev 22:16. See also Col 3:17, where the church
is asked to do or say whether in baptism or in prayers, everything in the name of Jesus
Christ). They did this because the disciples knew that the “name” of the Father, the Son,
and Holy Spirit is JESUS. But the church, after “Acts of Apostles” fell back to baptism in
the Trinitarian formula, claiming they have authority from Matt 28:19 when the disciples,
given the injunction, all went out and baptized all in the name of Jesus Christ. The church
today claims that the apostles and prophets disobeyed Christ by not baptizing in the
Trinitarian way. But this cannot be true because the Bible says: “The Lord worked with
them and confirming all they said and did with signs following” (Acts 14:22; 1Cor 1:6;
2Cor 2:8; Rom 16:8). Is it not better for the church to retrace their steps and get into the
original teachings and doctrines of Christ, and our apostolic fathers on whose foundation
the church was built (Eph 2:20)?

Finally, we have one more example of the disobedience of the church against Christ, the
owner, and His apostles and prophets whose ministry was confirmed by the workings of
the Holy Spirit of God. Paul commanded in 1Cor 14:34-38: “Let your women keep
silence in the church: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded
to be under obedience, as also says the law…for it is a shame for women to speak in the
church.” And in 1Tim 2:11-15, Paul again stated: “Let the woman learn in silence with
all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to “teach” nor to usurp authority over the man,
but the woman being deceived was in transgression. Notwithstanding she shall be saved
in child bearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.

Some “learned” big time pastors and teachers say there was special problem in the
Corinthians church, which Paul was treating and that what he said had no universal
application. So the question is why then did Paul write similar verses to Timothy, as in 1
Tim 2:11-15, and others if the injunction was meant for only one church at Corinth? And
if that is the case, it should have been that the disobedience of Adam and eve in the
garden of Eden and the fall of human race as result should have also been limited to the
husband and wife rather than have a universal or world-wide application.

Should we not then compare Paul’s commandment to the church on woman ministry with
God’s commandment to Adam and Eve, which in her (Eve’s) wisdom, or foolishness, she
became our first mother and first “woman preacher” to disregard the injunction of the
Almighty, which brought about the said fall of human race? As the human race fell with
Eve’s disobedience and supported by Adam, so also is the church heading towards the
same fall by the disobedience of today’s women preachers again actively supported by
their male counterpart, as it was in Eden. So as it was with Adam and Eve (See Gen 3) so
it is today with women preachers and teachers, ordination of women as bishops, pastors
and church leaders, in spite of Paul’s prohibitions and sanctions of God. So we see
history repeating itself that by the disobedience of one woman the human race fell, so has
the disobedience of women led to the apparent fall of the Church at this end time.
There are scriptural reasons the church should not depart form the apostles’ doctrine.
The Lord is coming again for a “glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle, holy
without blemish” (Eph 5:27).

“For if the words spoken by angels was steadfast, and every transgression and
disobedience received a just recompense of reward, how shall we escape if we neglect so
great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed
unto us by them that heard him” (Heb 2:2).

So now we have seen the areas the church deviated from the original doctrine and
teachings of Christ and the apostles, the book of Revelation has properly admonished the
church in Chapter 2 verse 5: “Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and
repent, and do the first work.”

As I conclude, one thing that keeps propping up and ringing bell, as a central theme, is
God himself. If the church today finally accepts that the name of the Christian God is
Jesus (Revelations 22:16), the next huddle is whether this Jesus who is God is the same
as God Almighty, as well as God the Father, who created all things and who at the end
shall judge all men? (See John 1:1-3 and John 5:21-23).

It is here I rest my case, and I say, like John, the apostle, in Revelations 2:29, “He that
hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches…”