VIDEO – TB Joshua Visits 150 Year Olds!!!

BY Ihechukwu Njoku

A video showing popular Nigerian cleric TB Joshua visiting and financially supporting elderly people in a rural Nigerian community – who astonishingly said they are over the age of 150-years-old – has gone viral. 

The clip, which has been viewed over 150,000 times in less than 24 hours, was published to Joshua’s YouTube channel Emmanuel TV late on Sunday 26^th January 2019.

“Viewers, we should see giving to others as an assignment from God because that only comes to God that comes from Him,” Joshua states in a short address before he is shown entering several homes in a rustic setting accompanied by one of his daughters.

“It pleases God in His mercy to bless you with long life,” Joshua says to one of the super-centenarians who said he was over 150 years old, before giving the elderly man N100,000.

Gifts ranging between N100,000 to N200,000 were given to all the aged people he encountered, with Joshua kneeling to receive the heartfelt prayers they offered for him in appreciation.

“You will conquer all evil. You will overcome. You will not lose the Kingdom of God,” one of the senior citizens prayed for Joshua, with tears streaming down his face after receiving the gift, which he promptly kept underneath his mattress.

“What I am concerned about is the youth; please pray for them,” pleaded another supercentenarian who said he was 127 years old, adding that he prayed for Joshua three times daily and the world was in the ‘end-times’.

“Let us give for God’s sake and receive more of whatever we give. Help for God’s sake and be helped. Love for God’s sake and be loved. Care for God’s sake and be cared for,” Joshua counselled viewers amidst his humanitarian mission.

The clip clearly struck a chord within viewers online, many admitting it moved them to tears and inspired them to equally reach out to elderly ones. 

“I feel so emotional watching this,” commented Dr. Njipay Sophon on YouTube. “Tears are coming out of my eyes and I feel like I need to do something for others.”

Others hoped clergymen would follow in Joshua’s footsteps, singling out the ‘humility’ of his actions. 

“As a pastor you need show the example of what you are preaching,” wrote Iko Jankasa on Facebook in response to the video. “It’s not about just making noise in the church.”

According to official statistics, the oldest living person is 117-year-old Kane Tanaka from Japan although there are cases of several elderly citizens in rural areas of Africa who say they are significantly older.

Emmanuel TV’s YouTube channel is the first ever Christian ministry platform to surpass 1,500,000 subscribers on the popular video-sharing website.

Ihechukwu Njoku is a freelance writer based in Lagos, Nigeria

The Spirit of the Lord is Mighty Upon Prophet TB Joshua of SCOAN

Our testimony is that the Spirit of the Lord is present mightily on prophet TB Joshua the Bishop of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), Lagos Nigeria. This is why he has a robust ministry according to what prophet Isaiah had prophesied concerning the Lord Jesus, (see Isaiah 11:2-3)."And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD; And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:"

Jesus confirmed this in Luke (4:18-19), where He said, "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord." 

These Spirits of the Lord are namely, the Spirit of the Lord,  the Spirit of wisdom, of understanding, of counsel, of might, of knowledge and of fear of the LORD; and these spirits are before the throne of God.  Any Bible student interested in the ministry of SCOAN, led by prophet TB JOSHUA, will always notice the following functions as departments, namely  (1) prophecy, (2)service or ministry in the form of helping, (3) teaching, ( 4) encouragement and family reconciliation, (5) generosity in giving  (6) guidance, leadership and discipleship and (7) love and compassion.

Each Christian must recognize the necessity for this abiding  Spirit of the Lord in our daily living and be delighted in the fear of the Lord. This spirit of the LORD is the Lord Jesus Christ Himself and where He is, there is liberty. When this Spirit comes upon a servant of God that individual servant may prophesy and be turned into another man. when Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed David, in the midst of his brethren, the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. Hence Prophet TB Joshua, a man full of the spirit of the Lord,  is a great encouragement to the ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Prof. R. A. Ipinyomi, University of Ilorin, Nigeria

The Danger In Collecting Offerings - TB Joshua

By Ihechukwu Njoku

Nigerian Prophet TB Joshua has sensationally declared that "most offerings collected in churches all over the world are a curse, not a blessing."

Joshua, who was speaking to a packed congregation at The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations (SCOAN) was responding to a question raised about why offerings are not collected during his weekly Monday 'Living Water Service'.

"We cannot begin bothering distressed people - I mean, the sick ones, the poor ones - asking for financial support," the cleric explained.

Adding that although it was Scriptural to collect an offering, "The question remains: Whom are we asking for support? The distressed, the sick, the poor?"

Enlightening congregants further, he stated, "When you are healed and delivered, your 'Thank you' is a blessing from God. But when you are distressed, your 'Thank you' is distress. When you are sick, your 'Thank you' is sick."

Joshua then declared: "You are your 'Thank you' because you cannot live above your word. That is why most gifts today are a curse, not a blessing... That is why you have to be very careful."

Sharing practical examples from daily life, the cleric explained how judging by mere appearance is misleading as people are often pretentious.

"I know people beyond appearance because I look at the heart," he revealed. "Appearance is deceptive." 

The video of Joshua's short sermon on YouTube elicited a deluge of responses from followers, many declaring it was the "first time" they had heard a pastor explain such subject matter.

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Ihechukwu Njoku is a freelance Nigerian journalist...