members of the public against taunting their spiritual leader, Prophet
Temitope Joshua, over the collapse of a church guesthouse that claimed
lives and wounded scores.
The SCOAN members based in Nigeria and abroad, who took to the
official Facebook page of the church, stated that it was wrong to
question the calling of their leader for failing to foresee the
disaster that befell his ministry.
The majority of them condemned in strong terms the alleged celebration
of the calamity that has left over 100 people wounded with varying
degrees of injuries.
One of the church members, Lucky Osas, stated that he read with shock
on blogs and various social media platforms debates on whether TB
Joshua was indeed an ordained man of God since he did not prophesy
about the disaster as he often does to other people and prominent
individuals across the world.
Lamenting that instead of sympathising with the church and praying for
the quick recovery of the wounded, Osas said many Nigerians were "busy
shamelessly debating" if TB Joshua was a fake prophet.
Osas said, "Don't bother to ask: I am a SCOAN member. I am not saying
this because he is my pastor, I would have said the same concerning
any other pastor. We should use our mouth to build and not destroy.
"For those of you Christians who take pleasure in wagging your mouth
and speaking evil against men of God, I pray for you that you realise
soon enough the curse you are bringing upon your selves.
"You don't tell God what to do and how to do it. And for those of you
who are Christians, who are now asking this man questions, such as
'why he did not see it coming,' why didn't he predict it' you are not
different from the Pharisees in the Bible."
Rising in the defence of TB Joshua, another church member based in the
United Arab Emirates, Chioma Mbagwu, said it was "God's doing" if the
renowned clergyman could foresee what would happen in other countries
but failed to see dangers in his immediate environment.
Cautioning Nigerians against "spewing rubbish", Mbagwu stated that
only people without wisdom would preoccupy themselves with castigating
TB Joshua following the disaster that befell his church.
Mbagwu said, "Prophet TB Joshua is a true and pure man of God. I have
been to SCOAN many times and all the negative things I hear people say
about the great prophet are all lies. Prophet Joshua's building might
collapse and this could be a test of his faith by God.
"Prophet Joshua only speaks what God reveals to him and the one he
does not reveal, he would not speak forth. Besides, God is the only
one that can leave perfectly without anything bad happening to him and
not man.
"Many people have been attacking Prophet Joshua both physically and
spiritually, over the collapsed building. However, this setback is
just a stepping stone for the prophet and I pray that this will
strengthen his faith the more."
Fending off criticisms directed at TB Joshua, Ken Imma, another
respondent from the church stated that since the clergyman was not
God, Nigerians shouldn't have expected him to see the vision
beforehand.
Insisting that TB Joshua was just "an ordinary human being" like those
who have assumed the role of his critics, Imma added that rather than
take a swipe at the cleric, Nigerians should ask God why the tragedy
befell his church.
"God can hide anything from him (TB Joshua) just to test his faith and
to strengthen him the more. My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord
let us pray to God to guide and strengthen our senior Prophet TB
Joshua.
"Let the haters say whatever they like against the anointed man of
God. If they really want to know why the SCOAN church building
collapsed, they should ask God why He (God) allowed Stephen to be
stoned to death and why Jesus Christ failed to save Himself on the
cross of Calvary," he queried.
Meanwhile, the church stated on its Facebook page that TB Joshua
prayed for all the sick and afflicted during its worship service on
Sunday.
"The prayer line has just begun. Prophet TB Joshua is praying for the
sick and afflicted. Use your faith to put a demand and receive, in
Jesus' name," SCOAN stated.
The church also quoted TB Joshua as carpeting those spreading lies and
misconceptions surrounding the Friday building collapse saying, "No
matter how long a lie is sustained, truth will someday prevail."
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