Reverend Jesse Bola Majekodunmi is the Senior Pastor of Neighborhood
Church of God, Ogba, Lagos State. In this interview, the foremost
marriage counselor tells KEHINDE OYETIMI of his call into the marriage
ministry, stressing that God’s anger rests on preachers who are
divorcees. Excerpts:
You just returned from Rwanda. What took you there?
They have rebuilt the place even more than Abuja. But they need God. They do not know God and they are thirsty and hungry for God. We have a Bible college there which was set up by our American partner. I went to teach them New Testament series for three weeks. It is a virgin place. It is a mission field that nobody is trying to go there. The Redeemed Christian Church of God is not there. The Winners Church is not there. There is no major gospel church is there. In Nigeria, we are just practicing arm-chair evangelism. It is only the gospel of gossip. In a place like Rwanda, they have seen God. They are killing themselves. The survivors are now seeking God.
They have rebuilt the place even more than Abuja. But they need God. They do not know God and they are thirsty and hungry for God. We have a Bible college there which was set up by our American partner. I went to teach them New Testament series for three weeks. It is a virgin place. It is a mission field that nobody is trying to go there. The Redeemed Christian Church of God is not there. The Winners Church is not there. There is no major gospel church is there. In Nigeria, we are just practicing arm-chair evangelism. It is only the gospel of gossip. In a place like Rwanda, they have seen God. They are killing themselves. The survivors are now seeking God.
Do you believe that Nigeria can pull through vis-à-vis the Rwandan experience?
We don’t respect God because we have not seen blood. We pray that there will not be bloodshed. If we see blood, people will adjust. In that country, there is no corruption at all. If you are corrupt and they chop off your arm, limbs or they kill your children, you will be forced to stop it. The next generation of politician will never try it.
We don’t respect God because we have not seen blood. We pray that there will not be bloodshed. If we see blood, people will adjust. In that country, there is no corruption at all. If you are corrupt and they chop off your arm, limbs or they kill your children, you will be forced to stop it. The next generation of politician will never try it.
We are running a 30-day intercessory prayer for Nigeria. The Lord
will restore the glory of Nigeria. The glory of Nigeria is coming back.
You are referred to as a healer of broken marriages but
nowadays we find preachers engaging in divorce and remarriage, what
would be your comment on this?
God has told us in the Bible that if you cannot manage your own home, how dare you come to manage over 100 marriages of other people? You are a liar. I am writing a book very shortly whose title would be “Divorcees are Anti-Christ.” The Bible says in Malachi that he hates divorce and violence. Anything God hates, Christians must not go near it.
God has told us in the Bible that if you cannot manage your own home, how dare you come to manage over 100 marriages of other people? You are a liar. I am writing a book very shortly whose title would be “Divorcees are Anti-Christ.” The Bible says in Malachi that he hates divorce and violence. Anything God hates, Christians must not go near it.
Are you saying that any pastor who divorces is an anti-Christ?
He is an anti-Christ. He is disobedient. He is God’s enemy; he does not fear nor respect God. Marriage for Christians is a no-going-back-area. Once you enter, it is a vow. The Bible records that the Lord will be angry. God will destroy the work of your hand.
He is an anti-Christ. He is disobedient. He is God’s enemy; he does not fear nor respect God. Marriage for Christians is a no-going-back-area. Once you enter, it is a vow. The Bible records that the Lord will be angry. God will destroy the work of your hand.
Your church is referred to as the Neighborhood Church of God and centre for healing of marriages. Why?
The Lord just gave me the special anointing for healing marriages. God is joining the separation of many years. I developed it. If you stay in your calling, you will have your crowd. I don’t need the crowd of anybody. Once I stay in my calling, those that have the need will definitely come. They have been coming. It is a Midas touch.
The Lord just gave me the special anointing for healing marriages. God is joining the separation of many years. I developed it. If you stay in your calling, you will have your crowd. I don’t need the crowd of anybody. Once I stay in my calling, those that have the need will definitely come. They have been coming. It is a Midas touch.
I was faced with a marriage that had broken up for five years. The
husband and wife were not on speaking terms in the same house. The wife
happened to be the interpreter of a great man of God in Nigeria. When I
heard that I was angry. I went to their house. I interviewed the woman
and preached to her. I don’t know how God did it because the problem of
five years was solved. She went to the husband and knelt down. That
night, the whole thing was settled.
You run a Bible College with the Nigerian Customs Service…
Everybody wants God now. Even the police, some of them are so clean because they have met God. We graduated about 43 officers last year. This year I am graduating 11 of them. The school will continue with them. By the time this thing goes round the military, Nigeria would become glorious. Our Bible school came up after a 30 year research about the truth. Only the truth. According to the revelation, they saw Nigeria as a country that is taking the gospel back to the world. They said that if it was so, then they would go to Nigeria. There are errors from the pulpit. Pastors are preaching errors and heresies. They do not know the true interpretation of the Bible.
Everybody wants God now. Even the police, some of them are so clean because they have met God. We graduated about 43 officers last year. This year I am graduating 11 of them. The school will continue with them. By the time this thing goes round the military, Nigeria would become glorious. Our Bible school came up after a 30 year research about the truth. Only the truth. According to the revelation, they saw Nigeria as a country that is taking the gospel back to the world. They said that if it was so, then they would go to Nigeria. There are errors from the pulpit. Pastors are preaching errors and heresies. They do not know the true interpretation of the Bible.
Pastors are collecting tithes and referring to Malachi chapter 3 that
if you don’t pay your tithes, you are cursed already. It is a lie to
the New Testament believers. We don’t preach curse to the New Testament
believers because he has redeemed us from the curse of the law. They
preach curses because they want to collect money. Let the people pay the
way they love God. Let them pay willingly. Anything collected under
compulsion or koboko has no rewards.
Soaking people in the blood of Jesus has passed. Jesus has done it
once and for all. You cannot see that in the New Testament. I don’t know
where Nigerians saw it. No apostle would do that.
How would you describe your growing up and your going into the healing of marriage ministry?
If coming to the ministry is about money, then one is not of the Lord. It is not about being lucrative. I was born to a nominal Christian home. We only went to the church for going sake. At a time in 1976, a Muslim brother-in-law who just received Jesus in First Square came to my home preaching Jesus Christ. I was challenged. Then I joined the First Square Church where Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo was a junior pastor. From there, I went abroad to study French and Marketing. I went to Belgium in 1977. On coming back, I still continued with the Lord. People told me that I had God’s call on my life. It was until I had problems with my business and I began to run about. I went to a man of God and the preacher said that I had no problem that God said that I should go and do his own then he would do mine. He said that I am a vessel in God’s hands. I went to register in Faith Bible College. After the ordination, the Lord directed my heart. I served for about 10 years. In 2005, the Lord moved me to start the Neighborhood Church of God. A year after we moved to our centre at Ogba.
If coming to the ministry is about money, then one is not of the Lord. It is not about being lucrative. I was born to a nominal Christian home. We only went to the church for going sake. At a time in 1976, a Muslim brother-in-law who just received Jesus in First Square came to my home preaching Jesus Christ. I was challenged. Then I joined the First Square Church where Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo was a junior pastor. From there, I went abroad to study French and Marketing. I went to Belgium in 1977. On coming back, I still continued with the Lord. People told me that I had God’s call on my life. It was until I had problems with my business and I began to run about. I went to a man of God and the preacher said that I had no problem that God said that I should go and do his own then he would do mine. He said that I am a vessel in God’s hands. I went to register in Faith Bible College. After the ordination, the Lord directed my heart. I served for about 10 years. In 2005, the Lord moved me to start the Neighborhood Church of God. A year after we moved to our centre at Ogba.
The healing of marriages has been in the centre of my messages.
Anything that God has placed in your heart that is working, you better
face it. I have ordained over 200 ministers. There is nothing like
ordination money. You don’t commercialize anointing.
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