QUESTIONS TIME WITH PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE FROM THE YOUTH ADULTS AND YOUTHS (YAYA) RCCG CONTINENT 8 AS COORDINATED BY PASTOR LEKE ADEBOYE DURING THE RCCG EUROPE CONTINENT 8 WORKERS’ RALLY 2025 ACROSS MULTISITE CENTRES EUROPE
We thank Daddy G.O for the opportunity to ask these Questions.
We have here some Questions that have been put together by the Youth and Young Adults in RCCG Continent 9.
Daddy, Congratulations on your 50th Years in Ministry, and 58th Wedding Anniversary!
QUESTION 1: What are the Secrets of your Success in Ministry and Marriage?
RESPONSE:
Thank you for Congratulating me.
Secrets in Marriage:
The Secrets in Marriage that I can say to those of you who are children of God normally is that:
- The Boy should know he is married to a daughter of God.
- And the Girl should know she is married to a son of God.
So, when your wife misbehaves, you report her to God.
And you know what? God would tell you: You are supposed to forgive seventy (70) times seven (7) times in a Day.
The same thing when the husband misbehaves; the wife reports him to God.
Why? Because there will be Misunderstandings.
However, “What did you do before you became Born Again?” – If you ask me.
Well, my wife and I got married when we were very Young – That should be obvious to you. I mean, we’ve been married for fifty eight (58) years.
You can imagine how young we were back then – 58 years ago.
When our Relatives come to visit us, they would look at us and say: Young husband, young wife, we hope you won’t quarrel?
It’s as if they were waiting for us to quarrel.
So I told my wife, let us disappoint them – Under no circumstance will the two of us be angry at the same time.
When I am angry, you keep quiet and when you are angry, I’ll keep quiet.
And it’s easy for her to keep quiet when I am angry. It is not easy for me to keep quiet when she is angry.
So, anytime she is angry, I get out of the house – Because if I don’t hear angry words, I won’t be able to respond.
For 58 years, Nobody has settled a quarrel between us – Hallelujah!
Secrets in Ministry:
One of the Secrets of my Success in Ministry is in 1 Kings 17:1, which says:
And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
Elijah the regular guy; he was so regular his father’s name was never mentioned.
One of the Greatest Secrets in Ministry is the ability to say: “As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I Stand.
If you don’t learn to Stand alone before God, you are not going to go far in the Ministry.
Whenever we talk about standing before God, we are talking about you being alone with God – Completely alone!
I’ll give you an illustration: The week of our Monthly Holy Ghost Service, from Tuesday, I go into what they call incommunicado – Nobody can come and talk to me, not even my wife.
If I go like that, at Night before I sleep, I’ll call my wife: Hello Darling, I hope everything is okay? She says, all is well. Goodnight!
No discussion, no talking; just you and God.
Because you can’t come before the crowd, just go up there, your Stomach is loaded with jollof rice.
And you say, Thus saith the Lord. God will ask you, when did I say that?
You have to spend time with Him; only then can He tell you what and what to say.
You are a Pastor, your Church has a Particular Problem known to God alone. The only way you can know the Problem – and the Solution is when you Stand before the One who knows the Problem.
And you must be alone with God – One on One with God, to be able to Stand before Him.
QUESTION 2: Daddy, you have seen what is going on with the Youth of different Generations – Millennium, Gen Z, Alpha X and all kinds of Generations.
- What advice do you have for us?
- What mistakes have you seen us making; and how do we correct them?
RESPONSE:
Your Generation thinks that you can have things easier.
Your Generation is the Microwave Oven Generation – You just plug it, Press a button, at times you even slap the oven to hurry up.
Let me assure you; nothing goes for nothing – Nobody can ever make it great, who has not spent Quality Time diligently to know the way out.
Let me tell you the Truth – All the so called Successful People you see, the major Problems they all have is that, by the time they succeed, they have lost the Health that would have allowed them to enjoy the results.
… That’s the Truth.
That is why you find a lot of rich People, when they come to Church, ten Minutes into the Sermon they are already asleep. Because they didn’t sleep at Night.
They have become so used to working so hard at Night, that at the time they should be sleeping at Night, they cannot sleep anymore.
In your own Generation things can be very easy for you if you put Jesus in the bargain.
“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me” – Philippians 4:13.
The Lord can help you achieve much, much more than we your Parents did.
You now have Mighty Technologies – Some things we got as a result of trekking, you get by sitting down and Pressing some numbers on your Smartphone.
The Problem with your Generation is that you don’t want to work hard anymore – “Life is not a bed of roses.” That’s the Truth of the matter.
You have to work hard – You want things too easy; it doesn’t work like that.
And I don’t blame you.
It is not that I don’t like the Microwave – I do.
But ask the Elders, they would tell you that the stew prepared with firewood has better tastes
Since of course you didn’t taste the firewood stew, you may not know the difference.
The mistake I have seen you making in your Generation is that you want things fast.
But you have to understand that it is not the way God works – God, as Mighty as He is, could have dropped Jesus Christ on the Stage of Life as a full grown man.
No! He had to go through the womb; he had to learn how to crawl, learn how to walk.
Even when He thought that at twelve years of age He had arrived; as many of you think you have now; God said He still had some time before He would be ready for Action.
I hope you understand!
QUESTION 3: Daddy, we have this fear about what would happen in the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) – When Daddy G.O, Mummy G.O, Members of the Board of Trustees and all our Big Daddies are no longer there.
- How do we start receiving the Mantle?
- And how can you ensure a Smooth Transfer?
RESPONSE:
(Laughing) Beautiful Question.
When the General Overseer is no longer here, God will be here.
As far as The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) is concerned, the very name tells you that the Church is “The Redeemed Christian Church of God.”
As long as God is on His Throne, things can only get better.
If it is the Redeemed Christian Church of Adeboye, then you need to begin to wonder:
- What will happen next?
- How many more years has this Man to spend with us?
I am not going yet, and you can be rest assured on that, because if I am going He will tell me – He hasn’t told me yet.
When Elijah left, Elisha didn’t call on Elijah, he called on his God.
Adeboye will go – And I will be deceiving myself if I say I am not going. It’s a Question of ‘we don’t know when.’
Members of the Board of Trustees will all go.
But as one Member of the Board is going, another will be taking his Place.
Before Adeboye goes I am sure God will show me the fellow who is going to Succeed me – And God will begin to take care.
For a Smooth Generational Transfer – We are already transferring as the Youths are already coming onboard.
Don’t worry, God will make the Generational Transfer Smooth.
It is not likely that He will choose someone who does not appear like the older one.
One way or the other; it is not Pastor Adeboye who would say, “This is the fellow I want.” It is God.
And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I Pray thee, let a Double Portion of thy Spirit be upon me. And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so. (DMC NOTES: 2 Kings 2:9-10).
“… Nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee.
He meant that in everything, we must be focusing on the same thing.
You want to carry the Double Portion of my Spirit? In everything we must see eye to eye; Not to be blown away with the Generational trends.
I met one Young Man a couple of years ago – He’s the son of one of the Pastors, and I have loved him since when he was very small.
I saw the way he dressed, different from how he used to dress before he traveled Abroad.
When he traveled to America everything Changed – The hairstyle, his way of dressing, etc.
I looked at him, “my friend, you were not exactly like this when you were Younger.”
He said to me, Daddy, this is the way we can bring in all those People.
I said, I see!
So I said, there was a time, when wearing the face cap, the sharp end would be pointing forward – we met it so.
A time came, they said it should be turned to the right. Okay!
After sometime they said it should be turned to the left.
And after sometime they said it should be turned backward.
I told the Young Man: When all of these were happening some of us still kept wearing the face cap with the sharp end pointing forward.
I also said: in the olden days when Sailors go to sea at Night – When they want to know the direction to go, there is a Set of Stars in the Sky called the Northern Stars.
From them you can take direction.
So I said, some of us you think are Old-Fashioned, we are the Northern Stars – After you’ve gone right, gone left, turned back and you don’t know where else to go again, you come back to the Northern Stars.
That Young Man Changed completely from that day onward – That very day he visited the Barber’s Shop.
If you use trends to bring them in, you will lose them.
If they come as they are – Which is absolutely what it should be, they must be conformed to Christ. We are not to be conformed to the image of the world.
Now the world cannot even see the difference anymore because you are like one of them.
What you don’t know is that the People you think are looking down on you because you are strict, are actually looking up to you.
I mean, I can give you one illustration;
There was a case in Ibadan Oyo State Nigeria:
Some enthusiastic Ladies joined the Church and they were always looking at this very wealthy sister who was modestly dressed. Silently they’ve been Praying that God would help them become as committed as that sister.
Unfortunately the Sister was also looking at them: “But these Ladies are serving the Lord, why all these draconian rules?” She said, God is answering their Prayers, so He can answer my own. The next time she came to Church decked gold, attractive attire.
After the Service, they went to her, “Excuse Ma, what happened? We were Praying to become like you, suddenly you have become like us.”
… I think they say, “Half a word is enough for the wise.”
QUESTION 4: Daddy, how did you overcome Temptations – Compromise Money in the Ministry, not going to Preach somewhere because of the Honorarium?
Also, temptation with the opposite sex; Preaching Holiness Messages.
RESPONSE
I overcame Temptations the day I learnt that “Holiness is the Master Key.”
From that day onward everything that can Compromise Holiness in my Life died.
And I think we held a whole Congress on the Theme: THE MASTER KEY.
I know that Faith is very important. “But without Faith it is impossible to Please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a Rewarder of them that diligently seek him.” (DMC NOTES: Hebrews 11:6)
But I also know that Faith is checkmated by Love.
Faith that walketh by Love.
So Faith is a Master Key, but it is not ‘The’ Master Key because it is limited by Love.
I understand that Love is a Stronger Key than Faith.
But then I also discovered along the way that God is Love. But when the Angels are crying they don’t say, “Loving, loving, loving God.”
What do they say? Holy, Holy, Holy! (DMC NOTES: Revelation 4:8)
I have discovered that Holiness simply means Total Obedience to God.
So the moment I discovered that if I can just be Holy I’ve got it made.
That if I am Holy, blessing will Pursue me.
I can’t be Holy if I steal Church Money – If I Compromise with money God will stay away from me.
And I have discovered that when you don’t make Money in the right way, you’ll just make it and not spend it.
Oh, you may say you spend it! But if you buy a car with the Money that you stole, you are driving a Living Coffin.
I have discovered from the Word of God that there is nothing hidden that will not come to the open; unless you don’t believe the Believe (DMC NOTES: Luke 8:17).
You may say, “Nobody sees me, Nobody knows what is going on, so I can do this, I can do that.”
One Fellow sees you – Sooner or later, the wind would blow.
And when the wind blows, it would be at a time there would be the most damaging.
That is why I run because that’s what the Bible says we should do – “Flee all youthful lust” (DMC NOTES: 2 Timothy 2:22).
If you don’t stop, sooner or later the Secret will be out.
When you are Compromising with the opposite sex, at a stage your Greatest Companion today can become your Greatest Enemy tomorrow.
When you add all these together, there’s only one thing to say, and that is: I have discovered that if God be for me, Nobody can be against me (DMC NOTES: Romans 8:31).
But if God is against me, I am finished. And I don’t want to be finished.
QUESTION 5: Finally, Please Daddy, what mistakes have you made in your 83 years in Life?
Maybe you can share one (1) or two (2) of them with us.
RESPONSE
It is difficult to answer that Question, because I made quite a lot of mistakes before I was Born Again – Let us forget those ones, they happened before Salvation. And the Blood of Jesus has already Cleansed me of them.
“So what mistakes have I made after I became Born Again?”
The number one mistake was that I tried to limit the Almighty God.
How? He is the One who told me, “I am going to build you a City.” And I believed Him.
Then He showed me a Piece of Land at that time – Two (2) Hectares, and I believed Him.
Then the Place began to grow.
And if you are coming from two (2) Hectares and suddenly you find yourself having a thousand Hectares, automatically you will think God has done enough.
And at that stage I stopped buying Land.
When we started buying Land, it was roughly thousands of Naira Per Hectare.
After we got to a thousand Hectares, I stopped; thinking that we have arrived.
Until God woke me up and said, didn’t I tell you the size?
At that time I felt I had arrived but God told me, you have not yet started.
So my Advice to you:
- Look at us, Workers of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) in the United Kingdom (UK).
- Look at all the Viewing Centers all over.
There would be a Temptation to think we have arrived but we haven’t started.
Don’t ever limit the Holy One of Israel – He has no limit.
Glory be to God for all He is doing already.
Look at The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Campground here in the United Kingdom (UK)?
The Campground here is also going to become a City – Amen!
My Greatest mistake since I became a Christian was that I tried to limit God.
Today we are buying more Lands back home in Nigeria – Unfortunately what used to cost thousands of Naira now costs Millions of Naira.
Because at the time when it was cheap; when I should have bought as much Land as Possible, I was relaxing.
So my Beloved Children, Congratulations on where you are now.
If God were to give us a Testimonial, He would say: Why are you so slow when the wind is blowing in your favour?
God wants me to talk to you about His Divine Intervention because all of a sudden the Gen-Z are all coming back to God.
And this is your opportunity.
Old Churches that have been closed down are waiting for you – Because it is for a time as this that God brought you here.
This is Revival Time!
God Bless all the Youth and Young Adults (YAYA).
Watch Out for the Full Text of the Message on the Label of DMC!
. . Discovery Media Crew; Reaching Out to the world through the Power of the Gospel!
MOSES DURODOLA
CONVENER, DISCOVERY MEDIA CREW
Leave a Reply