Here is how SunNews puts it…
Prophet Dike owns this worship centre called 'As God
Said, It Must Done, The Temple of The Most High God'.
And located on a street named after it, Off Fakunle Street,
Oke-Aro in Ogun State, a suburb near Lagos, the church is neither Pentecostal
nor orthodox.
But both the shepherd and the sheep are strongly
convinced that they are serving the living God the right way.
According to Prophet Blessed Dike, the general overseer
and self-styled seer of the church, God revealed the name of the church to
him while in a trance.
And here are some of the weird practices carried out in his
church.
1.
As
you step into this place of worship, you are confronted with the sight of a
spot on the right that will make you conclude that you may have strayed
into a slaughterhouse.
An evangelist at the church explained that the spot is
called the ‘Earth Altar’ and that it’s where different types of sacrifices
are offered unto God.
There are two types of sacrifices offered in 'As God Said It
Must Be Done, the Temple of The Most High God'.
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There is the sacrifice of atonement,
which is offered when seeking forgiveness of sins from God. In carrying out the
sacrifice, the prophet slaughters whatever animal the member provides at the
‘Earth Altar’ and ‘forgiveness’ is obtained from God after the prophet has
prayed and blessed the person.
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There is also the sacrifice of
thanksgiving offered when a member wants to thank God for a favour granted him
by God. The type of animal used for this type of sacrifice may vary based on
individual needs. “You can bring a cow, a ram, a goat, a chicken or even a
dove,” another female member of the church said.
Besides the ‘Earth Altar’, the church also has a place
called the ‘Holy of Holies.’
A worker in the church, Mr. Isaiah Anyaehie explains that
the ‘Holy of Holies’ was put up as a replica of the ark of God built by Moses
in the Old Testament.
Like the pool of Bethesda in the Bible, members believe that
anytime you are sick and you climb into the ‘Holy of Holies’, you would
instantly receive your healing. Also when you want to receive forgiveness of
sins and other requests from God.
“We have access to the ‘Holy of Holies’ anytime there is a
special programme in the church. When you ascend into the ‘Holy of Holies’, you
would be healed of whatever ailment you have and whatever you ask God for, He
would do it for you,” another member said.
God used the blood to wipe out the sins of Adam and Eve. We
offer sacrifices because that is what God commands. Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and
other great men in the Bible offered sacrifices.
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2. The
entire church premises is painted in red and white and members of this church
are expected to wear red or white attires every first and last Sunday of the
month.
On the floor of the auditorium, there are straight red lines
drawn across the floor. A female member explained that the red lines are
Angels’ pathways. She said:
God revealed to Daddy to make those pathways because angels
usually visit the church,”
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3. A
woman who is in her monthly cycle is not allowed to enter into the temple;
else, she may be visited by God’s wrath.
Prophet Dike said:
“It’s a sin for a woman to come into the church while she is
observing her menstrual flow. It is a very terrible thing. No woman has the
right to come into the presence of God while she is menstruating.”
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4.Despite
his weird doctrines, Prophet Dike is very hospitable albeit in a way that
one may describe as shocking.
As soon as visitors to the church among whom was this
reporter stepped into the auditorium, he instructs his workers to bring
them refreshments.
This consists of two cartons of canned Guinness, popularly
known as small stout.
While you are yet to overcome the shock of seeing a prophet
of God serve alcoholic drinks in the church, he further instructs that some
bottles of whisky be brought to entertain his guests.
Seeing the surprise on the faces of his visitors, he
immediately explained the reasons for his actions.
There is nothing like alcohol or strong drink in the bible,
so where did you get that from?
In Deuteronomy 14 verse 26, God says, “You shall spend that
money for whatever your heart desires, for oxen or sheep, for wine or similar drink,
for whatever your heart desires, you shall eat there before the Lord your God
and you shall rejoice, you and your household.
God told us to spend our income on what we want. If a man
calls himself a man of God and he doesn’t have money, the anointing would turn
to annoyance. It is better that you drink in the House of God than to go to a
public place and misbehave.
Before the prophet was through with attending to his
visitors, he had gulped two bottles of small stout.
“Are you not afraid of going to hell” this reporter
queries the prophet. Then he laughs hysterically and said:
It is unfortunate that you have been taught the wrong
doctrine from the time you were little. Who told you that hell exists?
Heaven and hell do not exist. Can a spirit judge a spirit?
There is nothing like heaven or hell. They don’t exist. All
the punishment is here on earth. If a man cannot feed himself and his family,
he is living in hell. If he cannot pay his house rent and cannot afford to buy
a car for himself, he is living in hell. When your mates are enjoying life and
you cannot enjoy it, you are living in hell.
“If you are suffering, it means that God is punishing you
for something you have done, so there is no hell anywhere. When a man dies,
that is the end. He does not go anywhere and God does not judge him. In Mark
12, verses 18 to 27, it is written there that “God is not the God of the dead
but of the living.
“So what death are we talking about?
If you are living well and you are enjoying your life, you
are living in heaven. People like Aliko Dangote, Adenuga, Otedola, Obasanjo and
other rich men are living in heaven already. In the Bible, it is written that
it’s God’s wish that we live in health and prosper even as our soul prospers.”
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5.
Reflecting on how he came into the ministry as well as his early encounter with
the “holy spirit”, Prophet Dike hinted:
From my tender age, I used to steal a lot. Wherever any
person kept money, I would steal it, even if I was not there when the money was
being kept. You may have money in your pocket and you would not know when I
would take it.
I remember when my father used to hide his money in the
spring bed in his room. Though I wasn’t around when he kept it, but
the spirit of God would lead me to where the money was and I would just go
straight to the room and to the exact spot where he kept the money and steal
it. I did not know that it was the hand of God that was at work in me.
This thing continued and because of that, my father sent me
to Benin after my primary education. I went there but I continued having
the same problems until I finally came to Lagos. It was while I was in Lagos
that Jesus appeared to me and gave me the message from God.
On April 14, 2001 by 7am, I was approaching Omole Phase 1
Estate when Jesus appeared to me in the form of a young man. I remember that I
had a cigarette in my mouth and I thought that the odour of the smoke
would offend him .He told me “Son, my father is calling you”.
I had this encounter three times. In one of such encounters,
Jesus came to my shop where I was a panel beater and told me, ‘Son, my father
has need for you. The time for panel beating is up, now is the time to panel
beat your children. Father said you are too stubborn, but if you think you are
stubborn, He’s more stubborn than you.’
After He said that, He disappeared and I didn’t see him
again. I still did not obey. I went from one shop to the other but it was one
misfortune after the other. At a time, my shop got burnt and that was when I
decided to obey God’s instruction. That is why till date, no one can come out
and say he shepherded me. I do not have any human mentor; it’s God that is my
mentor. He speaks to me all the time and when I need anything, I go to Him for
advice. No man can say he ordained me. It was God that ordained me.”
People can call me names. Some may say I am an antichrist.
Others may say I am Ogboni, but I do not care. My calling was foretold in the
Bible.
The book of Isaiah 42 verses 1-2, says “Keep
silent before me, oh Islands and let the people renew their strength. Let them
speak; let them come near and let them speak; let us come near together to
judgment. Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his
foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? He gave them
as the dust to his sword and as driven stubble to his blow.”
The man from the East that God was referring to is me,”
Prophet Dike boasted and added that:
“On October 28, 2012, I met with God in the Garden of
Eden.
In that revelation, Oyedepo was there, Adeboye was there,
Okonkwo was there, Pope John Paul was there and so many other
pastors.
While we were meeting, God was very angry and told me to
drive them away , because they were not doing His will and they were
encouraging people to worship Jesus instead of God.
Four months after that, the Pope died. God raised me to test
people to know whether they are obeying the law of God or the law of men. There
is nothing like the trinity. What we have is God, the Word and the Spirit. And
those are the three witnesses.”
More curious to know why some of their doctrines
negate what is written in the Bible, especially in the New Testament, Prophet
Dike said “the New Testament is the mind of man but the Old Testament is the
mind of God.
In the Old Testament, God spoke directly to the prophets and
they wrote down what He said, but in the New Testament, the disciples only
wrote their minds.
For instance, there is nothing like being born again because
God can never be born again.
One of the cardinal points of Christianity is the belief
that Jesus Christ is the son of God, and that he died for the sins of the world
and rose again. Prophet Dike is furious over these assertions.
Jesus was just a servant and not God. He has finished his duty
on earth the same way other prophets finished their calling.
Any Christian that leaves God and starts giving glory to
Jesus should be ashamed. Jesus can never be God. He is not the savior and he
did not die for anyone. Anyone that tells you that Jesus is the son of God is a
fraud and is not of God. Do the Muslims worship Mohammed? No. They worship only
God, but you see Christians worshiping Jesus and even equating him with
God.
In the book of Deuteronomy, God says he is the only one that
should be worshiped and that we should not bow down to any image. So why do
people worship Jesus when he is just a prophet? He did not die for anybody’s
sins. He died just like any other human being. If he died for you, why are many
people still afraid to go to their villages? If you say that Jesus is the only
son of God, then what was Adam? Was he not also a son?
When Adam who was made in the image of God could not save
you, then who is Jesus to save you? I don’t want to hear the name of Jesus
because he is not God and has never been God.
God is very angry with Nigeria because they have taken His
glory and given it to a mortal man. Why we have this high level insecurity is
because of God’s wrath.”
This reporter sought to know from some members why
they attend the church and if they are not skeptical of the doctrines
propagated by the prophet.
The leader of the men’s fellowship in the church, Mr.
Richard Onyekachukwu said that he would continue attending the church because
God used the prophet to raise him from the dead.
His wife, Esther confirmed his claim. According to her:
My husband was admitted at LASUTH (Lagos State University
Teaching Hospital) for what started as fever. The situation gradually
worsened and he eventually died.
Doctors had certified him dead and his brothers had started
making plans to take him to the village for burial. But when I called the
prophet, without seeing my husband, he prayed for him and he came back to
life.”
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