TB JOSHUA, SCOAN AND ANOTHER YEAR

It is almost always wrong, even blasphemous to praise any man of God because their acts of miracles, preaching, deliverances and other supernatural performances should be attributed as special gifts from God. Sometimes howevr, their being tools in the hands of the Creator, and the very timelines of their presence in the midst of men can help to bring people closer to God. One cannot but lavish acknowledgement on them if they have not only maintained the glory and super-abundance of God in their actions, but equally humbly insist that their gifts should be seen and eulogised as statements from God.

Prophet T.B. Joshua, Founder and General Overseer of The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations (SCOAN) is one finger of God sent into the midst of men to shock the human race, in recent times, with hidden truths and realities which were not discovered before now; he is an instrument faithfully serving the Lord and making His presence directly felt as a solution to all human problems and catastrophes bordering on ill-health, diseases, poverty, helplessness and hopelessness. Through his carefully-worded preaching, soul-lifting deliverance programs and earth-shaking prayer sessions, men and women in their millions have kept being transformed to new babies in Christ, new products, most of whom would have had nothing to do with the Messiah as much as they do now.

Prophet Joshua (48) is a gifted man of the Spirit who will continue to be admired by true Christians all over the world. Even those who seem to dissociate from his own model of spiritual fulfillments will not stop marvelling at his vast field of hearty philantrophy and assistance to thousands of people, students, most of whom are from humble backgrounds and orphans, who keep receiving millions of naira to be educated; the widows, widowers, the poor, diseased, and physically handicapped who are not left out in their teeming population moving in and out of SCOAN to receive all forms of helping hands. Communities, organizations and non-governmental establishments have never stopped moving in droves into the church, headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. If there is one point of pilgrimage which attracts the greatest number of visitors to Nigeria in recent times, it is SCOAN. Europeans, Americans, Asians, Africans etc. keep visiting this marvellous architectural masterpiece to receive their healings, deliverances, special prayers and retrieval from the iron grip of satan and his accursed agents.

One cannot but be shocked to find the tireless man of God and the church administrators, including the Wise Men, attending to millions of people from the globe on a daily basis, doing what God has anointed them to do. Here, those blackmailed as witches and wizards, children already condemned by an uncaring society, women full of the vile of pythons and lionesses, and those trapped by spiritual husbands and wives, have truths slapped on their faces, as realities about them are revealed. Earth-shaking confessions by armed robbers, ritualists, hired killers, terrible witchdoctors, and 'generals' from the world of darkness are made to shock us all. People become enlightened on the methods and strategies of satanic agents and how to fight such, through prayers and fasting of course.

Diseases and challenges like fibroid, delayed pregnancies, diabetes, cancer, mental imbalance, strokes, leprosy, HIV/ AIDs, epilepsy, insomnia, low sperm count, inability to conceive etc. are all tackled in SCOAN. Family squabbles, hatred, envy, mischief, divorces are all addressed, as God speaks words of reconciliation through T.B. Joshua.

One of the greatest tools from SCOAN today remains the Anointing Water. This water works wonders for people. It conquers enemies, pvoerty, spiritual attacks, and opens doors of blessings. It destroys the enchaining antics of 'generals' of evil, and gives assurances to its user. It is a tool of protection and spiritual deliverance; it destroys family (ancestral) curses and renws the human spirit. It is a source of spiritual energy and power, and it less surprising to see the influence of this water in places worldwide such as Ghana, Nigeria, Pakistan, Greece, Indonesia, Korea, USA, United Kingdom, Canada, Russia etc.

The news of the potencies if this water is simply everywhere, as it keeps assisting millions of souls to re-claim their territory in the Lord. One is almost not shocked to discover a lot of fake Joshuas in many places today, dishing out bottles of fake water, starting off fake churches, and even claiming to be representatives of the man of God. Anything which attracts sanity and purity becomes a ready made target for destruction by 'generals' on the other dark side. What of fake drugs, fake lawyers, fake journalists, fake generals, fake landlords in our midst?

As Prophet Joshua celebrates another birthday, we not only rejoice with him, but also pray to God to do more for mankind through His anointed servant because the coast is not clear yet in many places. In a world dominated by ritualists, kidnappers, hired killers, agents of ritual killings, rapists, fraudsters, destroyers of people's joys, men and women can only keep asking for more deliverances, confessions, and retrieval from the iron grips of wickedness in low and high places. Congratulations, indeed, to Prophet Temitope Joshua and whishing him many more years of service to God.

By Olu Osunde

SOURCE: Nigerian Tribune – Tuesday 18th June 2011