Social media critic, VeryDarkMan has reacted to the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) General Overseer, Pastor Enoch Adeboye’s apology for saying that Christians that are not paying tithe might not make heaven.

VeryDarkMan said: “I’m happy about what Papa Adeboye revealed so I’m waiting for all those pastors like David Ibieyomie that preach about giving tithe.”

“The number one man of all the religious people in Nigeria has come out to apologize that he’s sorry for saying if you don’t pay tithe you won’t make heaven; that it’s not in the Bible.”

“Which other things have they told us is not in the Bible? That’s what I’m concerned about; how many things have they manipulated that is not in the Bible? I’m glad that Papa Adeboye came out to say these things, so imagine the ones that would come out to apologise and have manipulated the people, they have twisted the right words of the Bible to suit their own narratives.”

“Religion has blinded and finished us in Africa and I will keep talking about how messed up religion has made us, carry your Bible. I’m waiting for those who will come tomorrow and say prayers won’t move Nigeria forward. I hope God will touch papa and the tithe collected will be used to touch the people of the country by creating jobs for millions.”

For those who don’t know, Pastor Adeboye had before now claimed that paying tithe is one of the prerequisites for going to heaven.

However, Pastor Adeboye on Thursday night while addressing the congregation said:

“I apologize for saying ‘If you don’t pay tithe, you might not make it to heaven.”

“I’m sorry, that’s wrong, and it’s not in the Bible. What the Bible says is ‘follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see God’.”