The President of Christ For All Souls Ministry, Prophet Odedoyin Olawumi Ezekiel, on Sunday 14th of January, 2024, spoke to select journalists about the relocation of his ministry’s headquarters from Oshogbo in Osun State to Lagos State. The famous cleric also touched on his fulfilled past prophecies and messages for the new year, including his personal encounters in the process of receiving the divine calling, among other issues that concern Christianity. Excerpts…
Our Mission
If you’ve been following us, you will realize that we have been releasing God’s messages for a long time and there’s nothing happening to this nation that God has not solved through this mission.
My Dream To Be A Lawyer
When I was little, God had been revealing things to me. I have been seeing visions since I was much younger. But things were not clear to me then because it wasn’t in my plans to be a pastor. If anybody had given me a vision that I would become a pastor, I would have fought the person. My dream as a young boy was either to become a doctor or lawyer; I never thought of becoming a pastor. I also had plans to travel out of the country. I set up some private businesses. I ran a travel agency, I ran a betting outfit too, and many others. But, one after the other the businesses collapsed.
Moment I Went Blind
I graduated from Obafemi Awolowo University where I studied Economics. But having given my life to Jesus Christ, I released all the certificates. I started the mission from Oshogbo in Osun State after I finished my NYSC service. It happened that one day, my eyes just went blind. I could not see anything. Although it was temporarily because it was not of God. That is why I gave a message about those who say God made them blind. God cannot take your eyes away when He wants to send you a message, it is the devil that does that to stop you when he discovers that there are certain potentials in you. The demons will attack you to distract you from carrying out God’s assignment. If God wants to send you a message, He would give you everything that you need to succeed.
I Escaped Beheading By Madman
Then, I didn’t know that it was a sign. After that, I slept and saw Christ Jesus, I saw Peter and some other disciples. I could hear them mentioning ‘Master’, ‘Boss’. They were calling him ‘Rabbi’. When I woke up, I asked myself, what is the meaning of Rabbi. I want to tell you that the Christ’s disciples had their challenges and their children also faced persecution. That is what God revealed to me. So, when we’re talking about having a ministry, one must face certain challenges. There was a particular instance when a mad man wanted to behead me with a cutlass. When you are destined to be something, Satan would send his agent to attack and erase you. Satan knows that God wants to use you to destroy his kingdom, so he too wants to make sure that he destroys your life. It is you that should not allow Satan to terminate your life.
Day I got power of prophecy
There was a particular day I slept and saw an old man in my dream. He wore a white robe. When I saw him, I started running. But he was not running, he was just moving in the air. He caught up with me and said ‘I want to send you on an errand’. I could neither move nor talk. I went on my knees and he stretched his hands to the sky and there was fire. The fire fell on me and I began to speak in tongues. I also began prophesying. And the old man said ‘I have a special message that I want to send you to the world’. He said ‘you’re going to tell them about Christ’. He said those that were sent before you have started proclaiming themselves and apportioning to themselves the glory that is due to God. He said ‘go and controvert their claim and deliver Christ’s message’. You see people praying in the name of the ‘God of Babalola, God of Orimolade, God of Oschoffa’. Have you seen them growing up to these names? They can never be because they see mortal beings as their Gods. They will continue operating under them. The Bible says in Philippians 2;9-10 that, ‘God gave Christ the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee shall bow’. This means that you have access to God. But when you mention people’s names you are operating under them and if these people are going to end up in Hell, you are automatically going to Hell because you don’t know where some of these so-called spiritual leaders got their powers from.
How We Started From Modakeke
I have never seen a caretaker claiming ownership of the property. I am just like a caretaker; I listen and carry out to the instructions of the Master. Our ministry started from Modakeke where we have several assemblies. When the ministry was growing in proportion, the Lord instructed us to move to Oshogbo. When I got to Oshogbo there were no members. It was I and one or two other pastors that started the Oshogbo mission from the cradle. While we operated from Oshogbo, we have established our assemblies in Lagos. We have also established our United Kingdom assembly. We have assemblies in Ikorodu and Epe. We are in Lagos to liberate people as instructed by God.
Why We Moved Headquarters To Lagos
I encountered a man in Lagos when I visited for an event. The man said he wanted me to prophesy for him and I told him that God said you are going to die soon. It is God that said it not me. If you have fear, you cannot deliver that kind of message. But people were asking me why did I deliver that kind of message in public, why didn’t I say it to him in private? And I told them that every day, God reveals to me hundreds of messages for different people. Would I be looking for these people to deliver the messages to them individually? I had delivered bold messages in the past and I still do because they are messages given by God. I was once held in Alagbon correctional centre. But the messages turned out to be true about the target. I delivered a message about Tinubu becoming president. It came to pass. I deliver messages based on God’s instructions. If the Lord doesn’t send you, don’t say it. So, when the Lord said we should start operating in Modakeke, we did. He said we should move to Oshogbo, we did. And now he has said that we should establish the Lagos headquarters called ‘The Solution Centre’ where people would come from all over the world to have their problems solved.
Tinubu And Prophecy
If you have been following this ministry, you would have discovered that we delivered a message about Tinubu becoming president first and confidently. We said in the message given by God that, whether anybody liked it or not, Tinubu would emerge president in 2023. God said He was giving Nigeria Tinubu because of both positive and negative reasons. If God wants to punish a nation, he gives them a bad leader. If He wants to prosper a nation, He gives them a good leader. Talking about Nigeria, both the leaders and followers are the same (in ways and manners). In that prophecy, I spoke about Peter Obi, Atiku and others. I had released a prophecy that was considered negative about Tinubu when God was warning him. I delivered a message for former Ondo State governor, Akeredolu, before he died. I warned him that I saw an arrow of death. I delivered a message that Nigeria can’t be divided now despite the agitations. God said that Tinubu was coming for different reasons. For the fulfilment of that prophecy, God said that darkness and light have to work together. God said that Tinubu has done bad things before but He wanted to use him to correct the mistakes of the past.
The TB Joshua BBC Saga
When I was growing up I saw TB Joshua as a true man of God. But God revealed a message to me and instructed me to deliver it without fear. I delivered the message to TB Joshua as God directed me. I even visited his area when I came to Lagos before he died. BBC only confirmed what has been there about TB Joshua. Those kicking against the BBC revelation are doing so because they’re still in bondage. Not everyone who calls himself a man of God is a man of God. Many of the followers you see in some churches are dead. You only see them in human form, they have used them. Let’s look at this way. Someone killed two fellow human beings and after that he started giving money to people. Does that make him a good person? Not at all.
Message For 2024
I am not a political prophet, but when God sends you on an errand every aspect of life must be touched. God saw that the way things were going, it would affect Christianity, that was why He asked me to go and make corrections. There are going to be more revelations by God. God has said that this 2024 will be good for those who come to Him.