The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, delivered a sermon at the church’s ongoing International Convention, urging believers to actively “fight for your divine rights” and possess what he said rightfully belongs to them through Christ.
Speaking on the fourth day of the convention, themed “The Overcomers,” Pastor Adeboye used the biblical example of the Israelites taking possession of the Promised Land to illustrate his point.
“In many cases, you may have to fight for things that are already yours,” he stated, highlighting four key areas where he believes Christians must resist spiritual opposition: healing, prosperity, fruitfulness, and long life.
He said that Jesus Christ “paid a great price to purchase your healing,” and urged Christians to resist sickness through faith, warning against a “thief who comes to steal, kill, and destroy.”
Regarding prosperity, Pastor Adeboye declared that “One who owns the earth and its fullness, and owns all the silver and gold, paid a terrible price so that you wouldn’t be poor.”
He also addressed critics of successful Christians, noting, “If you make it as a Christian, they criticise you. If you die poor, they say, ‘Where’s your God?’”
On the topic of longevity, he stated, “Long life is yours. But the devil wants to kill you with all he has. You must fight to live.” He also spoke on fruitfulness, referencing biblical figures who overcame barrenness through perseverance.
Pastor Adeboye also reiterated a previous vision of his own death, saying he will pass on “peacefully, on a Sunday, after attending church service and enjoying his favourite meal, pounded yam, without any sickness.” He described his expected departure as being sudden and painless.
Concluding his sermon, Pastor Adeboye used the story of Jacob wrestling with an angel as a model for spiritual perseverance. “It is what we tolerate that disturbs us,” he said, encouraging believers to “stop tolerating sickness, poverty, barrenness, or premature death. Fight to possess your possessions—it’s your spiritual duty, made possible by Christ’s sacrifice.”
