The general overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye said he will die painlessly on a Sunday after attending a church service and eating his fovourite meal of pounded yam.
The 83-year-old clergyman made the prediction during the church’s ongoing international convention held under the theme ‘The Overcomers.’
He said death does not always follow prolonged illness.
“I will die on a Sunday after attending service, eat my beloved pounded yam, and then pass on without any sickness,” he said.
The cleric said he first made the prediction two years ago and was repeating it to reassure believers that death can be peaceful for those in Christ.
In his sermon entitled ‘Possess your possessions’ Adeboye urged Christians to actively claim what is rightfully theirs in Christ, warning that spiritual blessings often have to be fought for.
“Fight for Your Divine Rights,” he charged Christians.
He drew a parallel to the biblical Israelites, whom God had promised the land of Canaan but still had to fight to possess it.
“In many cases, you may have to fight for things that are already yours. Your greatest friend, Jesus Christ, paid a great price to purchase your healing, but there is a thief who comes to steal, kill and destroy. The One who owns the earth and its fullness thereof, and owns all the silver and gold, paid a terrible price so that you wouldn’t be poor. As long as you want to remain poor, you will remain poor.
“If you make it as a Christian, they criticise you. If you die poor, they say ‘Where’s your God? Long life is yours. We must not remain under the power of the forces of darkness anymore, how can I be a child of God and still be tormented by the forces of darkness?” he said.
Adeboye made reference to the biblical story of Jacob who wrestled with the angel in Genesis 32 as a model of tenacity.
“Jacob wrestled with the angel until his fate was changed. It is what we tolerate that disturbs us,” he added.
Adeboye listed healing, prosperity, fruitfulness and long life as areas where believers must resist spiritual opposition.
He urged the congregation to stop tolerating sickness, poverty, barrenness, or premature death, saying the fight to possess their possessions is a necessary spiritual duty empowered by Christ’s sacrifice.
