His father acknowledged Jesus was the way. He said he would commit his life to him later. He never got to do that to the knowledge of Idahosa. Sadly, the civil war came and he seemed to have been consumed in the war. The grief of not seeing his father weighed heavily on him. It was in the midst of this grief that God gave him a vision and showed him a field where he was helping people with heavy loads on their head.
He helped so many people that he had to call for assistance to be able to help more. God then told him he would stand in front of thousands to declare the gospel of Jesus and would be known all over the world.
He met his wife when she was 15 years. That was shortly after he had become a Christian. He was like a big brother to his wife. Benson had told the young Margaret that if she saw anybody she wanted to marry she should bring the person so he could assess him.
Margaret brought a couple of brothers which were rejected by Idahosa. God used Idahosa to raise a baby back to life for the first time. The baby was a close relative of Margaret. That miracle made Margaret admire Idahosa but she never thought Idahosa would want to marry her. She had thought Idahosa was just a big brother. She accused Idahosa of turning down all the men who proposed to her because he had a plan to marry her and said she could not marry a pastor.
On April 6 , the two of them got married. Idahosa was still working at the Bata Shoe Company. But he was preaching the gospel aggressively. The Bible study group had become large that he was planning to move to the land.
He had so much opposition that God helped him to surmount. At a point he felt he needed someone who will give him counsel and guide him. By the time he got to the house of Elton in Ilesha, Elton was already waiting for him because God had told Elton about him too. He later travelled to Dallas, US here he formally trained in the Bible school. His ministry took a leap by the time he returned.
During his lifetime, he made a huge impact on the church. His crusades were marked with outstanding miracles. Several people were raised from the dead, several were healed.
The lame walked; the Blind regained their sight. His ministry made a monumental impact in about 35 years. He was a rallying point for the charismatic Pentecostal movement in Nigeria. He supported so many ministries while alive. He was also well known for the prosperity gospel but not in the reckless version that it is being preached today. A month before he died, he told his wife, Margaret, that he had done all that God wanted him to do.
His wife did not understand the message and thought he needed a retreat to receive fresh ideas. His wife travelled and was planning to return to Nigeria when she was told her husband had passed on to glory.
Few days before he died, Idahosa preached a message titled, The benefit of death and he preached so hard and made death so useless. He made it clear to us that he had finished the work God gave him in that message. Information used here were sourced from the book; Fire in his bones by Ruthanne Garlock. November 12, November 9, November 9, November 1, November 2, Its vision is to report the church in a professional way with a view to also promote what Christians are doing in politics, business, education, health and other spheres of human endeavours.
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Your email address will not be published. Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. If not, a convinced man with confidence in us and with the ministry. He does it quietly and goes. She also narrated an incident in which Oyedepo brought his jet to lift her to Benin free when she came from the United States.
I want to thank God for the life of Bishop Oyedepo. He is a son in the ministry and he has never proven otherwise. Each time I just call. I just called and said can you be with me today for two sessions?
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