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Power of God is the Supreme
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| Now, I was born a Methodist. I now wish to speak about the
visit of REV. PARRINDER, A Methodist Pastor, who had been transferred from Porto Novo
(where I was under him) to an Institute in Ibadan. He was a tall man. He heard
about me and came to see me. The Church was about three months old then. He asked me
why it was that since I was a Methodist, I did not deploy his spiritual power that
had just been bestowed on me for use within the Methodist fold. I replied that his
point was well taken, but the Methodist Pastor in Porto Novo at the time named
GBEYANGBE was the one who went on the pulpit and preached that no Methodist should
come to my house because I had acquired magical powers by purchase and was deceiving
people about. This turned many Methodists against me and they did not come nearer
me. Moreover, my dear Reverend, I continued, if the Methodist Pastor at the time
had sent word to me to inquire truthfully and diligently about me don't you think that I
would quite gladly have joined forces with the Methodist Church because I myself had no
understanding of the whole episode as shown in the fact that I sent to the police to help
to send multitudes away from my house. However, before you came, I continued, He who sent met told me that at European will be coming to see me and that I should speak with him patiently and calmly. I was then asked to tell you that you should stay awhile until next Sunday and worship with them at the Methodist Church in Porto Novo. After service, position yourself at the exit with one half of the door closed so that they can also shake your hand as they file out. Note their fingers for any rings which are not engagement or wedding rings and which are made of metal or such like, you should know for sure that in such people's homes are to be found idols, witches and other powers of darkness and that they are idol worshippers. It is they who use the powers of magic. And this God forbids. It is God's commandment that those who would truly worship and serve him must serve no other god. The message given to me is that many Christians there are who on their death do not see Christ because they had become idol worshippers before their death. This is the task entrusted to me. After giving him this message, he stood speechless for some half-hour in thought beating his forehead with a pen and with one leg crossed over the other. He then went out to the doorway of my father's house (which is where it all started, not my present house), stood by his car for another half-hour with ADIEU, another Pastor from Republic of Benin (formerly Dahomey) who had accompanied him on the visit. After consulting for some time he promised to come back but I did not see him before he returned. |
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