This type of disruption of traffic is reminiscent of the period when Lagos was still the federal capital and residence of Presidents and Head of states, before the movement to Abuja, during civilian regimes.
Notorious traffic at the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, when the Redeemed Christian Church of God is holding their camp meeting is well known and deserves no comments.
The Redeemed Christian Church of God is one of the biggest Pentecostal Churches in the country with membership running into thousands, if not millions. It is therefore expedient for the president to fall into the temptation of choosing the venue both to worship and doing political business, by killing two birds with one stone. After all, this is not new. Pastor Adeboye welcomed President Obasanjo with the same fun-fare and prayer sessions.
Both Pastor Adeboye and President Jonathan have a lot to gain. While Pastor Adeboye may be guaranteed adequate funds through offerings for the church, the president on the other hand will have political membership support especially as it is rumored that the president is in the running come 2015. This political manoeuvering does not deserve a comment.
People witnessed on television the president kneeling and Pastor Adeboye praying for his success in the business of governances after which the President delivered his prepared political speech, promising to solve the nation's problems.
Pastor Adeboye in his usual style gave a motivational sermon bordering on a miraculous story about a journey he was involved in. The story I am told had been narrated a number of times previously.
Pastor Adeboye was coming from Onitsha during the petrol crises when he realized he needed to buy petrol, but there was no petrol in Onitsha. He decided he would try Asaba, but found out also, there was no petrol in Asaba. Continuing his journey, he hoped to buy petrol on reaching Benin, but to his amazement also found out there was no petrol station open for business in Benin, Pastor Adeboye undaunted finally thought he would find petrol to buy at Ore.
By the time he reached Ore, the next stop, his petrol warning light came on, indicating that he was then on reserve supply. At this point Pastor Adeboye said God told him not to look at the petrol gauge, but to continue his journey. Following God's instruction, Pastor Adeboye continued his journey from Ore, without looking at the fuel gauge, until he got to his residence in Surulere in Lagos.
This is a very moving account of the supernatural, and the very intervention of God himself in making what seems impossible, possible.
In other words, this is a miracle, a wonderful and an amazing thing, an event in the natural world but out of its established order, possible only by the intervention of divine power.
Pastor Adeboye's narrative of his ability to drive a car with only reserve petrol left from Ore to his residence in Surulere – falls very neatly under this miraculous experience. In other words, God supplied him miraculous quantity of petrol to achieve this.
However let us subject this claim to analysis and scrutiny.
God created a horse or camel for motion and God can make a horse or camel run independently for 1,000 miles without stopping, or tiring just by His word, as all things are possible with God. One could say same for a car as well. But there is a difference.
A car is designed by man and designed for propulsion to run on an energy source such as petrol or gas by a system of carburetors or fuel injection. It is designed by man, after taking into consideration all external God or Natural Laws governing the earth gravity, velocity or motion, etc.
Pastor Adeboye said God told him not to look at the petrol gauge when the gauge warning light came on, before leaving Ore, driving to Surulere in Lagos. He decided not to tell us the full story: he should disclose the following facts that will convince everyone there was a miracle.
·What was the make and model of the car he was driving?
·What distance did he cover between Ore and his residence in Surulere, Lagos?
·What is the capacity of his car's reserve tank by the time the warning light comes on – how many liters are in the tank?
·How many kilometers per liter does Pastor Adeboye car do?
Apart from the distance covered, all these questions or information could be supplied by the car manufacturers if the type of car is known.
It is well known also that there are cars that have two reserve tanks and these tanks have varying capacities. There are other factors that occur in the running of a car that could alter its function. The fuel gauge warning indicator may be faulty or can come on prematurely giving the impression that a driver is on reserve petrol.
Pastor Adeboye is alleged to own a private jet designed by man as described previously to operate a system of propulsion and flight by the use of aviation fuel. It could be assumed or inferred that while flying the private jet, there was insufficient aviation fuel, and the guage ignored, because with God all things are possible; Pastor Adeboye could not avoid a crash.
Unlike a car, the measuring instruments of an aircraft are better calibrated and more precise. From the above information to determine whether a miracle occurred between Ore and Pastor Adeboye's house in Surulere, a decerning mind will conclude. There was no miracle, as the car in question must, have just conformed with the specification, it was designed to do.
I understand Pastor Adeboye was a mathematics professor before he was called to do God's work. He must have had some knowledge in scientific data, and this could have influenced his narrative of miraculous petrol, a story he had repeated a few times. But our society is backward and most Pentecostal Church preachers take advantage of this ignorance.
It was amazing to me that a few people I would consider knowledgeable and enlightened could not see the flaws in the miraculous content of Pastor Adeboye's story. This exposes our knowledge of what a miracle really is. This writer is a very strong believer in miracles, and miracles happen all the time but Pastor Adeboye's claim could not stand the scrutiny of believers in the Western World. It would be classified as a spurious claim.
By Mike Diagbare
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Mike you are of Nigerian that can reason very well.
ReplyDeleteSmall time you will see ignorant or Adeboye supporter descend on you even to the extend that they will condemn your write up.
Please dont mind them just keep on good work .
Many time , i have said a lot about Logic in this platform .
I posted some analysis about Pastor Temitope Josua Prediction , Pastor Sulaiman including Adeboye Prophesy about booming agriculture or food supplus in year to come in this country (BIG LIE FROM MAN OF GOD ).
How can we have boomimg agriculture without putting all enabling factors at the right place .It is all because he has first hand information that government want to invest in agriculture . (Sorry for digression ).
We should not allow a man like us to continue bamboos us without reasoning on our own .
Until we can think and reason on our own , this nation can not progress .
Thanks once again Mike for being a Man of logic and well developed brain .
I leave the remaining one to those of you that can infer very well .
GOD BLESS
Most of the time when i ear miracle from Nigerian man of God .
ReplyDeleteI always ask myself , how can we proof this type of miracle .
Can you imagine Pastor saying he has just cured somebody suffering from HIV among congregation and nobody we ask question about possibility .
(1) Is it established and documented by Competent Medical Practitioner or hospital that the man is HIV positive.
(2)Any result after miracle that shows that the man is now HIV negative .
What do you think about man of god saying god has just told him that somebody will travel to America tonight .
We need to ask ourselves
(1) Does he has Nigeria Passport ?
(2) Has he or she applied for America Visa ?
(3) Any Confirmation that visa is approved ?
(4) What about ticket ?
If it is about somebody will get car or okada tonight . It is possible because there is arrangement ahead before the prophesy or miracle .
I WILL ADVICE NIGERIAN NOT TO BE DECEIVE BY MAN LIKE YOU.
GOD LOVES ALL OF US NOT ONLY THE MAN ON PODIUM.
Na wa o .
ReplyDeleteThese people are just playing on our intelligent.
Logic demand that we should ask question about all miracle in Nigeria .
True talk Mike
ReplyDeleteIDIOT.INSTEAD OF DS WRITER TO BE PRAYN FOR OUR THEIR COUNTRY,HE DCIDED TO POST NONSENSE AGAINST GEJ ND PASTOR ADE.IF U DNT BELIEV N MIRACLES DEN DONT XPECT ANYTN GUD FRM GOD.IS DEA ANYTN BAD FOR GEJ TO SEEK GODS HAND N HIS ADMINSTRATN.MAK UNA DE POST BETA NEWS
ReplyDeletei pray that the Almighty God will open your eyes of understanding. The same God that walked on water did it for Pastor Adeboye. Take it or leave it
ReplyDeleteO ye of little faith..
ReplyDeleteI pity u
ReplyDeletei dont support this write up..i was expecting the writer to say pastor Adegboye could have tried to influence the present govt so that such circumstance wont happen again but trying to antagonize a miracle that can easily happen is a no no for me
ReplyDeletebefore i was thinkin this nigerianeye eyes is working bt nowthey are completely blind.
ReplyDeleteMike,how i wish you believe,bcos ur quoting a science u don't understand & u lack knowledge of God's miracle.Ur only driven by what u see,u lack faith in God.Ur story is in bible 2king 7:1-2,16-17.Don't use ur tongue 2 destroy ur self,God can still 4give u.
ReplyDelete..with God all things are possible!
ReplyDeleteSo u think u can describe everything that happens around based on ur own knowledge. There are lots of things that even science can not explain so abeg, go sidon
ReplyDeletethe canal mind can never understand
ReplyDeleteJust as the writer has his reasons or do I say as he has logicalised the testimony of Pst. Adeboye and come to a conclusion I think every other person has the right to practice,believe what so ever one chooses as it is a choice,but I dont appreciate the conclusion that for believing the man of God makes such a person a fool or something, my opinion is if my faith works for me so be it, thats solely my business,
ReplyDeleteSo you have a problem with the testimony now that is what makes it a miracle as it defies the normal happenstance here is what though I suggest you start attending the services to hear more unbelievable? testimonies/miracles
On the other hand am wondering if the problem is with the traffic,the membership of the church,the President attending and kneeling down to be prayed for or is it his speech how be it God bless you
Mike, tinz of d spirit r juz too deep 4 ur canal mind 2 undstnd! Jesus said, great n mighty things dn these yee shall do....... Its neva too late 4 forgiveness.....hop u'v gone thru d Bible quotation above......Pray 4 ur eyes n mind of undstndin 2 b opened. You wanna undstnd d tinz of d spirit wit science???!!! Who created science??!! Were pple lik u alive durin d days of elijah, u wld hv said dr was a chemical reaction btw d woods,stones n sunlight despite d fact dt the woods were soaked wit water whn fire came down 4rm heaven! Hv u ever wondered hw u woke up evri mornin??? What a proud n arrogant generation we belong in! #enufsaid#
ReplyDeleteMike Why not keep to yourself instead of brocasting, be care what you say about men of God
ReplyDeleteSorry fake testimonies
ReplyDeleteMike diagbare, yoy are making a fool of your self by trying to make a mockery of the man's testimony to what God did for him in line with doing this you try to figure out a miracle in your own common sense let me now shock u with what God can do, something similar happened to me in New York on long island after hurricane sandy I prayed after i couldn't find gas and was left with one gallon of gas in my car on long island expressway and it took me 45miles home and only stoped me right in front of my house and am not a pastor or an adeboye supporter but I have been a recipient of God's mercies and miracles.
ReplyDeleteI wrote a comment and you refused to post it keep it up ok.
ReplyDeleteWhat in hell happened to the post.
ReplyDeletedoubting Thomas
ReplyDeleteWhy ve you Come to show us the height of your unbelief. We all believe to be Christians. We always say that with God all things Are possible But We Dont believe it with our heart. Unbelief. Whether it s true or Not Why analysing it Like This If you doubt that there is a miraculous God then Dont expect miracles in your life.
ReplyDeleteMike, you woke up this morning by miracle. I know you can take some pills to sleep, I don't know if science has prescribed a drug that can wake you up. And don't ever try to compare the works of men(car) to d works of God again. Infact, God created man hence he gave men knowledge to make cars,so he can also re-order d working of same. Go for divine wisdom mike
ReplyDeleteExactly what mr mike wants is happening here. He just achieved his aim of generating so much comments from his ridiculous points. I believe God'll reveal Himself to you just like He did to paul on his way to damascus. GTG
ReplyDeleteExactly what mr mike wants is happening here. He just achieved his aim of generating so much comments from his ridiculous points. I believe God'll reveal Himself to you just like He did to paul on his way to damascus. GTG
ReplyDeleteIts not the Pastor you are doubting mike but God's ability to do such. Are you saying God cannot do such miracles. Wait untill you are in a fix! Human logic cant explain God's miracles. I believe in miracles.
ReplyDeleteWhat a way to pull crowd! one of journalism tricks i guess. He just succeeded in getting so much attention. Good stunt Mike. Better don't waste your time giving your valuable comment(s). You cannot fight for God neither Adeboye. God will show Himself to Mike if deemed fit. Have a wonderful day
ReplyDeleteWhy vomit nonsense, I pray God opens ur eyes that u r in total darkness. U nid the light of God to see clearly.
ReplyDeleteI thank God Mike did not refute the fact that the event actually happened. I dare the Mike of a man to put his special model of a car that has 5 reserve tanks and uses 2 litres of fuel for 200km on the road from Ore to Ijebuode and not even Lagos. This write up is uncalled for. Keep your logic to yourself and leave us who are gullible for God. AJ
ReplyDeleteMike,Jesus Christ our Lord raised a bed person back to life. U better belive in God n belive he can do all things. Why focus on President,why can't u write on wot happened at National Mosque durin der service wit VP n other Former Heads of State frm d North. Our God is Supreme n can do all things. Fear God!.
ReplyDeleteMike,hv u tkn tym 2find out whr ur name originatd 4rm &its meaning? Cus i definitely bliv its a christian name. Who cr8td Science in d first place dt u r nw using it agst Him?? U remind me of d pharisees (far 2see,i.e blind) &sadducees (sad 2see,i.e sadist)! Pray u dnt need a miracle wn science fails u!!!
ReplyDeleteMr Mike, good analysis you had there. You have demostrated your good knowledge of the workings of chemistry and physics and mathematics.But no natural or applied sciences can explain miracle.
ReplyDeleteOne question I will like to ask you is:DO YOU BELIEVE THAT JESUS CAME FROM GOD;DO YOU BELIEVE IN THE VIRGIN BIRTH; DO YOU BELIEVE HE DIED AND ROSE AGAIN AND IS ALIVE FOREVER MORE? If you believe these then Pastor Adeboye's claim is the least of what the Almigthy God can do. God gives you understanding in Jesus' name.
Well done Mike. Infact,most Nigerianwho flock to this Pastors are so blind. Even a smart child can easily see hole in this miracle claim.Nigerian has for so long being deceived and duped by all manner of men of God. How else can one just beleive this. Moreover, God is more interested in our Doing the right thing than in Miracles. Infact Mike You have raised all the vital issues in this claim.Also, Pastor Adeboye may indirectly be telling his followers to be taking unnecessary risk. Too bad for our society.
ReplyDeleteMike,mark my words,if it is the God of Elijah that Pastor Adeboye is truly serving;He will surely visit you with whatever you deserve.Just say Amen to that!
ReplyDeletemiracles still happen. Mind you, Pastor Adeboye has been using the car for some time and he knows the capacity of the reserve tank thats why he was bothered in the first place when he couldn't find fuel. If you don't believe you will never have one.
ReplyDelete1corinthians 1:27, God uses d foolish things of dis world to confound pple who thinink dey are wise. Don't be wise in ur conceit. May God av mercy on u
ReplyDeletefrom the reactions on this write up, i have drawn my own conclusions that majority of nigerians are gullible and thats why we take shit from govt, leaders, pastors and the rest. thats why we are docile and lack the sprit of revolution. thats why crooks are succesfull while sincere people are cruscified. the Bible said thou shall not judge, did it say thou shall not question? a real man of God is he that says the truth and enlighten people. the writer just did. i personaly have no problem with the pastors because they give the people what the want. there was a time a plane crashed into the sea somewhere in a Asia and there was a single survivor. a little girl who said that a hand lifted her. we all believe in miracles and we see them happen often but the writer is trying to verify the veracity of his claims. some responder advocated that his eyes be opened, did the writer tell you he is blind? if GEJ did not come for a political jamboree why will Adeboye allow Goodluck talk to the people from a pulpit. When has liars been givena place in the Church of God. a people gets the leaders they deserve.
ReplyDeleteMr. Mike you are an unbeliever. I have got the same miracle driving from PH to Warri.
ReplyDeleteI once also had wrist watch that several repairers have failed to make it work but after listening to a man of God how he prayed for a bad / burned music speaker and it worked. I got faith to now prayed for my bad wrist watch and it started working. The power of God is not limited to animate (living) things but He controls both the living and non-living things. He God gave power to men who made them. Mr. Mike, please believe the man of God and it shall be well with you.
well since you dont believe in miracle , when you need one then you will believed.
ReplyDeletemay God help you .
OK, so u have issues with God intervening in things created by man, i want you to know that God rules in the affairs of man and can do and change anything he wants regardless of who manufactured it.in case u dont believe that God rules, Ask king Nebuchadnezzar
ReplyDeleteDnt cou*se any 1 bcos it's back 2 sender, who r u 2 lay course on comenters, all of us r siners, i learn frm Adeboye n d writer (mike) bt i kip d conclusion myself. B wise.
ReplyDeleteMike quite unfortunate that you belive in miracles as u wrote and u are still saying all this. All the same it's ur personal opinion o ye man of little faith. Please find another way of looking for cheap popularity ok. Also know that even if u write another worst article it will never stop God from performing such miracles you are condemning. Be wise friend! Be wise!
ReplyDeleteAny Mohammed, shehu, Ibrahim or any other antichrist can go on line and post comments leaving a Christian name so that he would be perceived as being objective.
ReplyDelete"Mike", reveal your true name, identity,faith or motive. Any educated Christian knows that,miracle is the exact opposite of science. That is why it is called faith. My prayer is that God will deal with you according to what you deserve.Be courageous enough that you have a problem with Christianity in this country.
Who is asking any of you to believe the story. Mike is looking for a story to write on, is he angry that President Jonathan attended the 2012 Holy Ghost Congress of RCCG? Did any member of RCCG complain that Pastor Adeboye bamboozled them with stories to induce them to give him their money? What problem does Mike has with Pastor Adeboye having a JET? Was is bought and donated using Nigerian Tax Payers' money (Federal Govt purse)? Why not find possible solution to Nigeria's political and economic problems rather than writing stories that won't pay you. Write AWARD WINNING STORIES MAN. Blackmailers don't win awards!!!
ReplyDeleteThe pasor was lying really, that is their way of getting money from u pple. Tell me who is not a man of God?
ReplyDeleteHis ways are not our ways. miracle dont have limitations. it doed not obey protocols. whether u like it or not, there is miracle. come and i will show u a sister who got a job with Union Bank without any application or submiting CV.
ReplyDeleteAllahu Akbar boko haram/pastor de are all equat
ReplyDeleteJesus fed 12000 pple wit 5loaves of bread and 2fishes,ws it cos each loaf ws big or d fishes were large?God wrks in mysterious ways,his wonders to perform.U can blv wat u like.Adeboye is a child of God and he has shared his testimony.whose child are u?share ur own testimony
ReplyDeleteSUCH WRITERS ARE BETTER LEFT INTO THE HANDS OF GOD FOR JUDGEMENT,BUT I'LL ADVICE YOU ASK FOR FORGIVENESS FROM GOD SO THAT HE DOESN'T STRIKE YOU TO DEATH FOR PUBLICLY DESTROYING THE REPUTATION OF A MAN OF GOD. I PARY GOD WILL FORGIVE YOU & WASH YOU CLEAN FROM ALL UNRIGHTROUSNESS.
ReplyDeleteMike, I pray that your Logic or 'high sense of reasoning' will not put you into trouble some day. Who gave man the wisdom and knowledge required to produce the car in the first instance? Like my dear Pastor would say: 'You will believe in miracles when you need one'
ReplyDeleteRead 2chronicles20:20, and stay blessed.
ReplyDeleteu are right about your logic but we are talking of miracle. if this little one confused u then u've not been reading(which u must do) as an educated christain who believes in miracles too. but i learnt a lot from your write up.. Elendu
ReplyDeletePastor Adeboye's testimony is one of such little things, light things that GOD can do. GOD does more marvellous
ReplyDeleteHe mentioned the car type & model, maybe u were not even there when he shared this testimony
ReplyDeleteThe Just(Righteous) shall live by faith.
ReplyDeleteSo "By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible."
My point => if the universe; its natural resources and natural laws are an act of God who is Spirit & invisible, Can't God make a car move without fuel?
His ways are not our way. our human knowledge is limited.
With God there are no impossibilities.
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. THIS MAN IS SCIENTIST (OR A CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST). HE'S NOT THE FIRST TO DISPROVE GOD'S MIRACLES WITH LOGIC. THIS CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST DESERVES OUR PITY AND PRAYERS, NOT CONDEMNATION. PLEASE SHOW LOVE TO HIM FOR HE LACKS ONE. HIS HATE FOR THE PRESIDENT, PASTOR ADEBOYE, PASTORS IN GENERAL (OR CHRISTIANS) NAY, GOD HIMSELF, IS EVIDENT IN HIS WRITE UP. SO PITY HIM AND PRAY FOR HIM. DO NOT CURSE HIM. BLESS HIM.
ReplyDeleteMike, your level of reasoning is synonymous to that of the scribes and pharisees as well as those who reason along with you in their hypocritical manner. Anyway, if it happened to Jesus whom they said cast out devil by Beelzebub why wouldn't it happen to genuine men of God today when more children of the devil are on the increase? Most of you just want to say something because of your greed for recognition.
ReplyDeleteThe point so many have failed to see in write ups like Mike's own is that,it's a call to Nigerians to open their eyes to the activities of these so called men of God. The issue should not be if there are miracles or if they are real or not but the motive in making them happen and to what use they put those miracles,sometimes when I listen to testimonies of miracles from people in churches,I see that even things with obvious explanation is given as testimony and called a miracle simply bcos,knowledge of what happened has eluded those involved. Most importantly,the way this issue of faith & beleif in miracles is being infused into Africans especially Nigerians can be seen as making us weak intellectually. We pray for miracles in everything and every situation,even in situations when the person just needs to something simple,he rushes to church to seek miracle. I don't think that's what God wants us to be doing. You see so many people especially frustrated youths spending more than 70% or more of their active time of the day attending church programmes,while their couterparts in the west spend almost all their time either on research or executing their research results. How can a Nation like this be progressive? Go to all these churches,you'll see people seeking prayer & deliverance for all sorts of meaningless things. People giving testimony for total nonsense in the name of miracle. Go to the western world where all these orthodox religion came from and you see the story is different. They're even doing things different from what they taught us. Imagine the Bishop of Canterbury endosing Gay marriages. Africans need to open their eyes wide. Painfully we discover that these so called miracles in most churches are powered by the various FETISH African practices that the missionaries came to eradicate. Our perspective to Orthodox Religion has contributed largely to the slow development of the African continent.It has affected seriously our ability to appeal to rational reasoning......Chris A
ReplyDeleteWeather u believe it or not, the hand of God on Pa Adeboye...
ReplyDeleteMike&his supporters I believe u r anti-Christ...so u cant fool us with your wrong identity.God is not a man....ore to lagos we all know its not a small journey irrespective of any cars....Everything about God is miracle...its beyond human reasoning..He reveals his ways to His ppl in different manners.He is God Almighty...fear HIM
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