Pastor William Kumuyi, General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian
Life Ministry has disowned the controversial videos of a ‘prophetess’
and others who claimed to have died, gone to heaven and came back to
narrate their extra-terrestrial experience.
In the controversial videos being sold all over Nigeria, two women and a
boy claimed they died, went to heaven and came back to narrate what
they said God showed them.
One of such CDs is that of a Sierra Leonean woman, simply called Sister
Linda Ngaujah. Linda said she died and was shown happenings in heaven
and hell and that many of the members of a large church on the
Lagos-Ibadan expressway are on their way to hell and that the founder of
a leading church in Lagos should repent as he allegedly acquired his
powers from the devil, saying that a Bishop of another large
congregation and his members are not even recognised in heaven.
She added that women who used rubber and wool to plait their hair will
go to hell as it is a sin and that the only way for people to be
prepared for heaven is to go back to the old Deeper Life Bible Church’s
method of dressing.
The video CDs released by Linda is causing serious
controversy in the church of God as some women in Deeper Life, who plait
rubber hair have vowed never to do so again as they want to get to
heaven.
Some female worshippers have even shaved their hair in one Christian
Assembly in Ikorodu, saying that they don’t want to have anything to do
with attachment as they want to get to heaven.
Another person who claimed to have gone to heaven said she saw the late
wife of Kumuyi, Biodun, in heaven and narrated her encounter there.
Other CDs were released by Margaret Amure from Church of God Mission,
who also claimed to have gone to heaven and another 10-year old boy from
Edo, named Samuel.
Reacting to this development on Sunday during the church service, Pastor
Kumuyi warned members of his church not to have anything to do with
such CDs as these are the last days where many people would come up with
different things to deceive the church of God.
Kumuyi urged members of the church not to waste their money on such CDs,
saying that the church should not rely on purported CDs of people who
claimed to have gone to heaven to come back to produce CDs to sell to
people narrating their encounter.
He referred to Linda’s CD which said people need to dress like Deeper
Life to get to heaven, saying that “if you dress like Deeper Life
without salvation and sanctification, will you get to heaven? These are
the last days.”
The man of God emphasized that dressing like Deeper Life would not take
anybody to heaven but that righteousness and holiness of heart are the
keys to getting to the kingdom of God and warned members to desist from
lwatching such CDs.
Kumuyi further said that one of the people who claimed to have gone to
heaven said they saw Mummy Kumuyi in the kingdom of God, saying that he
did not need such CD to know that his wife was in heaven and that the
word of God has told us the criteria for getting to His kingdom.
According to him, such people were merely deceiving the people, saying
that when Apostle Paul was translated to heaven and came back, he did
not produce CDs about what he saw in heaven and began to sell them.
“When Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead, Lazarus did not go about
telling people that this was what he saw in heaven. We should rest on
the word of God to tell us what we need to know about heaven and how to
get there. How do you know that they have actually gone to heaven? These
are the last days. Don’t waste your money on buying these CDs,” he
stated.
