Septuagenarian General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian
Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, has declared that he can
kill anyone who tampers with his beloved wife, Pastor (Mrs) Foluke Adeboye, for
love.
Delivering his message on ‘Activating Your Destiny’ at
the Throne of Grace parish and National Headquarters of RCCG, Ebutte Meta,
Lagos on Sunday, monitored on Facebook from Warri, the revered man of God said
50 years after his wedding, he was still in honey moon with his heartthrob.
Explaining how he would execute the ‘killing,’ Daddy G.O,
as he’s fondly called, said he would not do it physically, but report such
fellow to his Father (God) and the person would pass on in his or her sleep.
His words: “Be ready to lay down your life for your
partner if you’re truly in love. My wife doesn’t like me saying this:
“You can slap me; you can lie against me, you can
criticise me, it doesn’t bother me, but touch my wife, I’ll kill you!
“I want the world to hear. They’ll say if I killed
they’ll arrest me, jail me, that is if I killed with cutlass or gun.
If you tamper with my wife, I will talk to my Daddy and
you’ll sleep and will not wake.”
The declaration was greeted with thunderous cheers from
the worshippers who were there in their thousands to worship and celebrate with
the couple.
Adeboye was in golden colour suit while his wife was also
clad in a golden colour attire to mark the golden jubilee of their marriage at
the RCCG headquarters on Sunday.
He enjoined youths, who are ripe for marriage, not no
marry for money, beauty and influence, which, he said, were ephemeral, but for
love, which he said, was God and eternal.
He, however, perhaps jocularly added that if they wanted
to marry for influence, they should opt for pastors whose influence, he
claimed, endures if they remained in Christ Jesus.
“If you want to marry a person who’s influential, marry a
pastor. If he does not fall into sin, he’ll remain a pastor forever,” he noted.
Pastor Adeboye, whose marriage clocks 50 on September 8,
2017, reiterated the need for youths to marry for love as he did.
Giving reminiscences on his early days in marriage, he
said: “Marry for love. It’ll endure. I’ve been married for 50 years and still
on honey moon. I was the poorest among those lurking around the girl I married.
“One was a lawyer who had a car; I had nothing. But I
told the girl that of you marry me, whatever I am, wherever I ever become will
be yours.”
He said his wife cherished his 100 per cent honesty and
opted for him in marriage, adding that although things were initially hard,
because they were in love, they pulled through.
Adeboye also informed the gathering that he graduated
from the university in June and got married in September of 1967 after he had
barely collected two months salary from the teaching job he got.
According to him, after their wedding that was conducted
without a cake which they could not afford, they immediately resumed work the
following working day where they were teaching without going for honey moon.
“I was not a Christian, but i was an incurable optimist.
We struggled over ‘pomo’ as I usually hear me say, but today if we want to eat
a cow now, God will provide.
“After our wedding in September 8,1967, we faced challenges.
The baby came 1968. It was tough. We were happy because we were in love.
I had no car, no house, a married into a rented room and
a parlour. We have stories to tell. If you marry for love, the reason it will
last is because God is love, ” he enthused.
Adeboye went to substantiate why love matters above other
considerations. He described love as fire as contained in Hebrews 12:29 and
that the fire must be tended to keep it burning.
He identified what keeps love burning between couples as
gifts, no matter how little.
“You must continue to tend the fire., meaning: no matter
how little, you must constantly give gifts to your partner. If it’s given in
love, it’ll be appreciated.
“When two people are in love, they exchange gifts. Always
open your mouth to say to your partner “I love you, ” the holiness preacher
urged couples.
He added that his love for his wife is so intense that
each time he travelled abroad or anywhere for assignments, he would never do
without putting a call across to his wife at least once in a day, just as he’s
always eager to return to the waiting arms if his wife and home.
The couple, after the message, were led to cut their 50th
wedding anniversary cake and a Thanksgiving followed as they danced with their
children and grandchildren before the altar where they were prayed for.
The man of God prayed for the healing of marriages on
trials, youths who are about making choices and every other attendee at the service.
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