Pastor E.A Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, has narrated how a sermon of his moved one of his spiritual sons to confessed his sins.

He said that the young man confessed to forging a certificate which got him a job as a teacher in a school.

Moved by the sermon, he opened up to the head of the school despite knowing that it could mean prison for him.

Narrating the story at the 2020 Holy Ghost Congress, Adeboye said, “The young man heard a sermon like this and rushed to the College where he was teaching with a forged certificate to confess his sin to the principal: ‘I am sorry sir, I didn’t have the certificate that I claimed I have, I want to resign.’

“Shocked, the principal asked: ‘Do you know what you are saying? This could land you in jail.’

“The young man replied boldly, ‘That is fine, sir, it is up to you – you can let me go free because I have come to resign or you can hand me to the police. They could send me to prison but I won’t die in prison because the crime that I have committed is not punishable by death. I will come out and then I will continue my life.

“But while in prison, I will be a free man because the burden of living a false life will be gone. The principal looked at him for a while and said if he was resigning he could go!

“That young man surrendered to God and decided to serve Him diligently. He became a Bishop, started his own Ministry and God prospered the it mightily.”

“Sin is a killer, don’t toy with it,” Adeboye said at a point.

“It can kill you physically; it can kill you materially; it can kill mentally; it can kill financially; it can kill maritally; it can kill your career and it can separate you from the God.”