By Gladys Ekwu
The news of death of the founder, Synagogue Church of all Nations (SCOAN), Lagos, Nigeria, Prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua popularly known as TB Joshua has kept many of his fans devastated.
Emerald News reports that many of his followers have described the prophet as a righteous man of God who showed true Christlike love through his radical way of giving.
Chief Amos Nworie told Emerald News that the late Prophet was the only original man of God in Nigeria. He gave his reasons for his statement.
Chief Nworie said that God used the Prophet to deliver his family from untimely death caused by the idol of his father’s house.
According to him, he and his family visited SCOAN in 2009 for the first time when they were frustrated with incessant death rate of youths in his family.
He said that after spending four days revival moments at the church, the prophet prayed for them and conducted a family deliverance that marked the end of sudden deaths in his family.
Chief Nworie told Emerald News that the prophet helped to liberate his family members from accusing and suspecting one another of witchcraft as the late prophet categorically made them to understand that their problem came from the idol their grandparents served.
He said that some men of God would rather cause more harm than good in that suspicios situation.
” We really miss this wonderful man of God, after the deliverance programme with him, he organized a get together with the members of my family where he fed us with sumptuous meals and still gave us a huge amount of money for our transport fare back to the East.
He concluded that the death of prophet TB Joshua was a monumental loss as he said that it is hard to come by such prophet again in our generation.
Also, some others who spoke to this meduim said that Nigeria would lose a lot of resources because of his death, saying that his ministry has brought many investors in Nigeria.
Some Nigerians who spoke to Emerald News noted that SCOAN has over twenty years attracted a huge revenues into Nigeria economy.
They also submitted that the death of Prophet TB Joshua has made them to believe that the end of the world is at hand, hence they have started preparing for Christ coming.
They described the late prophet as a saint whom God has called to be with him.
Many of the prophet’s admirers reacted to some negative statements some people made about the the prophet since his death was announced while raining curses to them to stop calling him a false prophet and a magician.