Jubril of Sudan (Again!).

I found this well presented critical review of comments of the famous man of God on Jubril of Sudan, the subject of my last blog (read here).  Whereas my last post focused on establishing that the premises of the man of God’s “word from the Lord” was wrong, the video below clinically examined whether it is indeed possible for a Buhari’s double to come from Sudan.

Adeola Fayehun’s take on the Jubril of Sudan saga

Please watch this video. It is a masterpiece on how to critical evaluate whatever you read or hear. It was a thorough demolition of the comments of one of the most famous pastors in Nigeria on the issue of “Buhari’s Double”. Afterwards, read the comments. I was so sad to see that some people would never be persuaded by reason.

Thanks to this video, the question I raised in my last blog was answered. I was hoping that once the man of God realised that his premises was a satirical article, he would realise he did not hear from God and apologise (or at least walk it back) so that at least his followers can be properly educated. Unfortunately, the answer is no. This is indeed the man of God’s response:

Dominion doesn’t beg, Dominion defends his rights. Do you know for 37 years I have never asked to withdraw a message I preached. God sent me not you.

Things just became a bit more confusing. When the man of God spoke, he cited a source, Olatunji Dare, a columnist with a Nigerian newspapers. Now somehow that article and the voice of God has become one.

It takes integrity to accept that one was wrong. if you have not withdrawn your message in 37 years, that is great if you were always right. However, in this case, whoever looks at the fact will find it difficult not to conclude that the man of God misunderstood the article, especially when the author came out to establish that there was no substance to what he wrote (see my blog of last week for details on this). If you are saying that you have never corrected your errors in 37 years, God help those who have followed you for all those years.

Once you are “anointed” (or shall we say once you have persuaded your followers you are anointed), do you have to speak the truth, do your followers have the right to judge whether your words are right or wrong? When you are publicly wrong and it is crystal clear you are wrong, do you have to apologise? In the case of the subject of this video, based on the clips, it appears that the answer is no.

The Bible teaches us that a prophet can be wrong (Deut 18: 22):

When a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD, if the thing does not come about or come true, that is the thing which the LORDhas not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously; you shall not be afraid of him

This verse is crystal clear. A prophet can be wrong. Just because a prophet is wrong does not make him a false prophet: that is also clear from this passage. There is a fine line between a prophet who thought he heard from God but did not and a false prophet who sets out to deceive. As a human being, it is difficult draw a line between both but a prophet who is factual wrong and refused to accept it should be a source of concern to his followers.

Whoever claims to be a bible believing Christian and follows a man of God who claim to have heard from God and turned out to be publicly wrong (especially in such an astonishingly unambiguous way),  such a person should demand an explanation. Otherwise, we are helping to perpetuate these situations.

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