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\nWhat the Bible describes as vanity upon vanity is an apt description of the utterances of Pastor Paul Adefarasin of House On The Rock Church yesterday.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am a billionaire and there is nothing anybody can do about it,\u201d Pastor Adefarasin boasted yesterday as he preached in an N8.5 million a day auditorium at the Eko Hotel and Suites in Victoria Island, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have coached many billionaires and you know, the pastor of billionaires is a billionaire,\u201d Adefarasin who was not included among the five richest pastors in Nigeria by a blogger with Forbes, the influential American magazine that keeps a tab on the world\u2019s rich.<\/p>\n
The Forbes blogger, Mfonobong Nsehe, had said that after intense research, he established that the official wealth of Bishop David Oyedepo, Chris Oyakhilome, TB Joshua, Matthew Ashimolowo and Chris Okotie, Nigeria\u2019s five richest pastors, is between N31 and 37 billion.<\/p>\n
But, TB Joshua of the Synagogue Church Of All Nations has denied the report, saying that he does not even keep a bank account and cannot save billions in the bank while millions are going hungry.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe preacher of billionaire can only be a billionaire because a monkey cannot give birth to a goat and a goat cannot follow a baboon,\u201d Adefarasin, who is completing a multi-billion naira church in Lekki, said as he adjusted his cute Italian suit.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am a preacher. I am a motivational speaker. I am a TV personality. I am a life coach. You can criticise me or slander me in the pages of newspapers but the blessings are in me and there is nothing anyone can do about it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Adefarasin, who preached on Phillipians 2:6-14 with the theme \u2018Work It Out\u2019, said that when he was still a drug addict in Miami, United States, with a low self esteem, he never imagined that he could financially achieve so much for himself and the ministry.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was a nobody. I had a low self esteem but God did it for me. If God can make it for me, he can make it for you,\u201d Adefarasin said amidst boisterous ovations.<\/p>\n
To become a billionaire, Christians must simply imagine it, ask and realise that money, blessing and favour are already in them. All they need is to \u2018work out\u2019 what \u2018God has already worked in\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cSome of you do not see that you are already billionaires but there is a difference between to create and to unveil. God will simply unveil your billions to you as he did to me,\u201d he said to an elated and expectant congregation.
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