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Selman: A Most Dangerous Weapon In Satan's Arsenal by Bootinfos(m): 4:07pm On Jul 02, 2020 |
On February 6 of this year, I put up a three-part series of articles titled, "15 Errors Of A Self-Styled Apostle Called Joshua Selman." Although, I painstakingly refuted the lies of Joshua Selman by mostly appealing to the scriptures, not a few of his fans, many of whom were probably still wearing diapers when I was already an adult, reacted angrily and rudely. Most of them could not make even the feeblest attempts to disprove my points. And the polite ones among them tried to convince me that he was not all bad but had preached some sound sermons also. This is the kind of love that young people have for Joshua Selman, a dangerous human weapon unleashed on the church by Satan. The love they have for this man trumps the one they have for God and His sound doctrines. But why are his followers, who are mostly youths the supposed leaders of tomorrow, obsessed with this man who has many times demonstrated in a number of his teachings that he is carrying out an Antichrist agenda? Why can't they see what God has made some of us to see? Reason: he has a few strategies which are very appealing. 1. Charisma Give it to him, Selman is physically good-looking. He has a magnetic presence. He has a good command of English. He dresses well. He is not some illiterate village preacher with a staid appearance. He is that kind of person who stands out in a crowd. He is the man, no, the rave of the moment. But are these the qualities that make a genuine preacher? No, sir. The Bible says in Proverbs 31:30A; " Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain." 2. Sophistry Sophistry is an argument that seems valid but truly fallacious or misleading. I do not know any preacher that employs sophistry more than Selman. He would pick a Bible verse or story, ignore the context, create his own context, give an interpretation and make an application that fits his agenda of deception. Sometimes, he would say things that leave you with no choice but to conclude that he is an enemy of the cross. Permit me to share an example of this by quoting from one of my articles about him. Prosperity played a role in salvation. It took prosperity and Influence for salvation to come- Selman. "This is the blindest and most blasphemous of the utterances made by Selman. In making a case for his perverted prosperity gospel, Selman says angels couldn't bring Jesus down from the cross. It was Joseph of Arimathea, a man of influence and prosperity that could reach the governor to demand the body of Christ. "The implication of this most foolish statement is that Joseph played a role in our salvation. Joseph's influence and prosperity made our salvation complete. Jesus would have remained on the cross and may not have resurrected. Joseph helped Jesus to fulfill His plan of redemption. Joseph is now our Deputy Saviour. "In reality, Joseph was just a lover of Jesus who thought to give him a "befitting" burial. He was not more special or more relevant than the women who went with spices to his grave to anoint his body. If Joseph was not available, Jesus would still have resurrected. "Would it make sense to say virginity played a role in our salvation because Mary His earthly mother got pregnant with him when she was a virgin? "Selman is treading on a dangerous ground. Somebody should tell him." 3. Oratory There is nothing bad in God's natural gift of oratory. It only becomes corrupted when it is used to serve Satanic ends. Selman has a way with words. He knows how to artfully string simple words to make them sound pleasant to the ears. He speaks authoritatively on issues. But when his words are scripturally scrutinised, they are just hollow. They are absolute rubbish. 4. Self-concocted mysteries Selman has a fertile imagination. If he had deployed that gift into fiction writing, he would most probably have written a few bestseller novels. What he, however, does is that he wickedly manipulates the scriptures and then weaves them into his own invented doctrines. Selman says there are times the personal faith of a believer will not suffice, so they need to operate in the special covenant a "higher" believer has with God to get a breakthrough. FICTION! In the Bible there are only two covenants God has had with men; the abolished old testament and the new covenant God has with his saints which is sealed with the blood of Jesus. Some people might say, Selman's teaching is just an innocent error. No. Let me tell you the implication. The Devil is using Selman to convince New Testament saints that their personal salvation is not enough. He is teaching them not only to look unto Jesus the author and finisher of their faith but also the supposed fathers of faith. He is teaching believers to fall into idolatry. Selman, in a video, said, Lagos and Abeokuta were special in the spiritual realms, hence, anyone in Nigeria whose feet had not touched those two cities would not be recognised globally. FICTION! Aside from this being an unscriptural lie, how does this statement have anything to do with preaching Christ and His finished work? As believers, Is achieving global fame our aim on earth? Why are Selman and his fellow liars so obsessed with wealth and fame? 5. Fake deep spiritual understanding As Selman bedazzles his awestruck listeners and fans about talks of realms, mysteries and kingdom wealth transfer, he assumes the figure of one who has been given a rare capacity to understand and unravel hidden spiritual secrets. But in truth, he only employs verbosity, sophistry and circumlocution to give a sense of depth to his very shallow and mindbogglingly heretical teachings. 6. Blend of truth and falsehood In defence of Selman, there are people who admit that though he is sometimes wrong, he also teaches sound doctrines. This argument seems plausible but only on the surface. It is true that many of us ( including this writer) have made doctrinal mistakes. But when the doctrinal error is one that affects the core of the Christian faith and such is taught by a preacher repeatedly; when the ungodly mindset of a preacher seeps through his sermons; when the gospel and its consequential truths are regularly manipulated by a preacher; when a preacher's doctrines subtly or directly exalt man above God; when a preacher with his teachings pokes his hands in God's face, then he becomes a weapon in the hands of Satan. A preacher who blends a little truth with toxic falsehood, is more dangerous than the one who teaches only lies. Selman is inarguably the most dangerous religious weapon in Nigeria now because there is no other preacher ( genuine and false) who has a greater hold on the hearts of young people like him. Like I said, in one of my earlier posts, he is the one being used by Satan to produce a new generation of Antichrists. While I pray that God deliver as many as He would among these youths from the Selmanic stronghold ( stranglehold), I also exhort brethren whom God is using to draw our hearts to Him, not to keep quiet. We must keep on denouncing evil. And we must increase our efforts in teaching sound doctrines. I wish you all every blessing. © Paul Dada - Journalist, Gospel Singer. 4 Likes
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Re: Selman: A Most Dangerous Weapon In Satan's Arsenal by Queenttoast01: 5:25pm On Jul 02, 2020 |
Selman is inarguably the most dangerous religious weapon in Nigeria now because there is no other preacher ( genuine and false) who has a greater hold on the hearts of young people like him. Like I said, in one of my earlier posts, he is the one being used by Satan to produce a new generation of Antichrists. Hmm, God will deliver us |
Re: Selman: A Most Dangerous Weapon In Satan's Arsenal by ThothHermes: 5:41pm On Jul 02, 2020 |
For the writer to know all this about Apostle Selman means that he spends a lot of time listening to him. He must be a fan ![]() 7 Likes |
Re: Selman: A Most Dangerous Weapon In Satan's Arsenal by Kobojunkie: 5:51pm On Jul 02, 2020 |
Good write up ![]() But ... all of man's doctrines and traditions stand against God i.e. they are anti-Christ and should be avoided. This according to Jesus Christ Himself. ![]() 1 Like |
Re: Selman: A Most Dangerous Weapon In Satan's Arsenal by Acehart: 7:43pm On Jul 02, 2020 |
I haven’t heard any of his sermons but his name got imprinted on my mind on his birthday with whatsapp status updates and Nairaland well wishers. On one of the updates, he spoke to his congregation about the favor of David towards Mephibosheth; in the midst of his dramatic oratory, he left out the most important point; whether intentional or not, I regarded that short clip as a lying message. Then a few days later, my friend in the US called and expressed his dismay about one of his friends being misled by this man’s messages. I thought: “what a coincidence”! An Apostle means “an eye witness (of the resurrection of Christ)”. So, I always regard people who go about that title as false messengers. Your writeup is cool; and I hope young people will realize that this man isn’t the real deal, very soon. 4 Likes |
Re: Selman: A Most Dangerous Weapon In Satan's Arsenal by karo93: 8:40pm On Jul 02, 2020 |
Bootinfos: Please give us a link to your articles or better still a list of every anti-christ statement the apostle has made. So we can judge them one by one... Much to your anger, prosperity has played a key role in the spread of the gospel.... The power of rome picked christianity from the original christians and spread it to the whole roman empire of which Britain and all of europe were part of..... The power of britain and influence of other european countries brought christianity to Africa and the rest of the world through conquest and colonialism..... The influence and might of the Arabs was also seen in the spread of islam all the way from the middle east as far as west africa where they conquered lands in their might and prosperity and spread their religion.... Conquest has so far being the major key that has spread religion and only prosperous nations were strong enough to conquer others..... 2 Likes |
Re: Selman: A Most Dangerous Weapon In Satan's Arsenal by karo93: 8:42pm On Jul 02, 2020 |
All that aside......give us the list of anti christ statements so we can judge for ourselves and hold onto that which is true.... |
Re: Selman: A Most Dangerous Weapon In Satan's Arsenal by KennedicalEnergy(m): 10:25pm On Jul 02, 2020 |
You just wasted your time. We love Apostle Joshua Selman and not even a million of you can stop it. Nonsense writeup. 4 Likes |
Re: Selman: A Most Dangerous Weapon In Satan's Arsenal by Hiswordxray(m): 8:09am On Jul 03, 2020 |
karo93: I don't think you know history. You should go do deeper study. Even in the first century, the apostles where able to take the gospel far into Indian. They covered 3 continent; Europe, Asia and Africa. The gospel was spread very fine with the Roman help. Even understand severe persecution Christians grew to a million under the Roman empire. Everything was going fine before the Roman Empire took over, perverted the gospel, introduced paganism, started the tradition of Christians killing fellow Christians, and spread that perversion to the world. They stand as an enigma, giving Christian a bad name through the the two centuries. Roman Catholic are the reason Science developed as an enemy of the state. They were ruthless, went to the extent of even persecuting dead bodies. In fact, the evil they have done to the body of Christ is uncountable. |
Re: Selman: A Most Dangerous Weapon In Satan's Arsenal by Tuska: 5:13pm On Jul 03, 2020 |
KennedicalEnergy: You should be loving Jesus. 4 Likes |
Re: Selman: A Most Dangerous Weapon In Satan's Arsenal by Kobojunkie: 7:13pm On Jul 03, 2020 |
Hiswordxray:I believe the perversions you speak of started seeping in before the disciples of Jesus Christ all died, with the introduction of doctrines and traditions from converts who felt their ought to be a place for their teachings and opinions in the movement, something that caused John, peter and James to write pushing back against these strange lies. By the time rome hijacked the movement, it did so with a readiness to replace all doctrines it saw as inferior with its own in order that it may further centralize power. The protestant offshoots have been no shown themselves no different in anyway. |
Re: Selman: A Most Dangerous Weapon In Satan's Arsenal by JourneytoEL(f): 7:32pm On Jul 03, 2020 |
When Jesus was on earth, pharisees accused him of even worst things. Like I always say, your Christian journey has not started if you don't have accusers who are sons of the "accuser of the brethren". For those who have never listened to any of his messages, take out time to do so. God used his messages to change my life. All you have to do is go to google, search for naija sermons apostle Joshua Selman and download any title of your choice. My all time favourites are re-igniting the power of the Holy Spirit, mystery of deliverance, gaining spiritual stature and the Holy Spirit series. God used his sermons to change my life and I believe he will change yours through them. 4 Likes
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Re: Selman: A Most Dangerous Weapon In Satan's Arsenal by CodeTemplar: 7:44pm On Jul 03, 2020 |
Acehart: Please confirm that your meaning of the word apostle. It means "a sent one" or "a messenger". |
Re: Selman: A Most Dangerous Weapon In Satan's Arsenal by CodeTemplar: 7:47pm On Jul 03, 2020 |
karo93:Zechariah 1:17 confirms your submission. Prosperity is key. For body, spirit and soul. |
Re: Selman: A Most Dangerous Weapon In Satan's Arsenal by Kobojunkie: 7:50pm On Jul 03, 2020 |
JourneytoEL:So when John the apostle accused the liars who were deceiving the believers liars, by your assertion above, it meant the liars were correct? ![]() When Jesus Christ Himself went around pronouncing curses on the Pharisees for deceiving the people with their many doctrines and traditions, Jesus Christ was simply "hating on" the Pharisees, by your assertion, since they were the "accused"? ![]() 2 Likes |
Re: Selman: A Most Dangerous Weapon In Satan's Arsenal by Kobojunkie: 7:52pm On Jul 03, 2020 |
CodeTemplar:really? ![]() Someone else, i believe on another thread used the exact same verse to assert that Jesus had to be buried in a VIRGIN grave. Are you all puffing smoke from the same stash or something? ![]() |
Re: Selman: A Most Dangerous Weapon In Satan's Arsenal by CodeTemplar: 7:53pm On Jul 03, 2020 |
Kobojunkie:What does it say? |
Re: Selman: A Most Dangerous Weapon In Satan's Arsenal by Kobojunkie: 7:59pm On Jul 03, 2020 |
CodeTemplar:If you read that verse in the context which it exists, you will find that it is speaking to the same rebuilding of the temple, The House of God(God's Spirit used to inhabit the Holy of Holies in the temple) that the prophet Haggai also spoke of. ![]() The temple was then rebuilt as commanded, and that is the same temple that Jesus Christ, and His disciples walked in, before it was taken down as Jesus Christ prophesied. The book of Haggai and Zechariah are too short to be misinterpretated abeg! |
Re: Selman: A Most Dangerous Weapon In Satan's Arsenal by CodeTemplar: 8:02pm On Jul 03, 2020 |
Kobojunkie:Nonsense. What does it say? or are you afraid the verse is so plain and direct, you are already on the defensive? |
Re: Selman: A Most Dangerous Weapon In Satan's Arsenal by Kobojunkie: 8:05pm On Jul 03, 2020 |
CodeTemplar:Did you even bother reading what i posted? Read the short chapter for yourself. You can't just pick a verse out of context, inject your own delusion into it and then say, "yay! God has spoken". The book is written in the English language and so when reading, you have to apply the rules as regards reading comprehension as far as the language in question is concerned. 1 Like |
Re: Selman: A Most Dangerous Weapon In Satan's Arsenal by CodeTemplar: 8:14pm On Jul 03, 2020 |
Kobojunkie:All scriptures are given by the inspiration of the Holy Ghost and no Scripture is of private interpretation. |
Re: Selman: A Most Dangerous Weapon In Satan's Arsenal by JourneytoEL(f): 8:15pm On Jul 03, 2020 |
Kobojunkie:if you are observant, you would have noticed I don't reply your mentions, but today will be an exception. I don't engage in arguments (2 Tim 2:23). I have observed your comments on threads in this section and I know who your father is. A mango tree will produce mangoes and a guava tree will produce guava, as the bible says, by their fruits you shall know them. How many souls have you and the journalist won for Christ? yet, you go around accusing those who are working hard in his vineyard winning souls for Christ. That is the work of the "accuser of the brethren" (Rev 12:9-11). That a bag is in a garage does not make it a car, same way, that a person knows some passages of the bible does not make him a Christian. heck, even the demons believe in the power of Jesus. I will advise you to repent before it is too late. |
Re: Selman: A Most Dangerous Weapon In Satan's Arsenal by babajeje123(m): 8:17pm On Jul 03, 2020 |
I don't know why my mind has not been in agreement with him. I have a couple of his messages on my laptop but each time I listen, something is not just clicking. Time will reveal all things. 3 Likes |
Re: Selman: A Most Dangerous Weapon In Satan's Arsenal by JourneytoEL(f): 8:23pm On Jul 03, 2020 |
Acehart:his messages are usually at least 50mins long and some up to 6hrs long but come as part 1-4, that you didn't hear what you wanted to hear in a short clip does not mean he didn't mention it. That aside, apostle actually means messenger, he that is sent, sent one. |
Re: Selman: A Most Dangerous Weapon In Satan's Arsenal by Kobojunkie: 8:29pm On Jul 03, 2020 |
JourneytoEL:if you had been observant yourself, you would have instead noticed that I don't really care if a retort follows or not. I comment whenever I want to and I move on to the next. JourneytoEL:I doubt you know who my father is, and I doubt you can spot that which you may be blind to. In john 9, when Jesus Christ spoke of the blind, He was not speaking of the people out in the gentile world. He was in fact referring to the blind Pharisees who were the then preachers/pastors/ MOG of His time, did you know that? ![]() JourneytoEL:By your logic, Jesus Christ was doing the work of the "accuser of the brethren" when He kept accusing them, the Pharisees, of false teachings since all they were doing was "winning souls" for God too. ![]() At least that is what many of them believed they were doing, even Saul, before Jesus hijacked Him on the way to Damascus. ![]() JourneytoEL:Knowing the bible does not make you a Christian same way preaching to win souls as you say does not make you a Christian. It is who you worship and whose truth comes out of your heart that shows whose you are. How can repent from doing the Will of Him whom my soul belongs to? How can I repent frpm doing what Jesus Christ taught me to do? ![]() 1 Like |
Re: Selman: A Most Dangerous Weapon In Satan's Arsenal by CodeTemplar: 8:51pm On Jul 03, 2020 |
^^^ Robust reply indeed. |
Re: Selman: A Most Dangerous Weapon In Satan's Arsenal by Acehart: 8:53pm On Jul 03, 2020 |
CodeTemplar: Yes it is as you said. But that is half of the meaning. Kindly do a study on Romans 1:1-5 and 1 John 1-3. Hope you had a good day? 1 Like |
Re: Selman: A Most Dangerous Weapon In Satan's Arsenal by Acehart: 8:53pm On Jul 03, 2020 |
JourneytoEL: Yes it is as you said. But that is half of the meaning. Kindly do a study on Romans 1:1-5 and 1 John 1-3. Hope you had a good day? |
Re: Selman: A Most Dangerous Weapon In Satan's Arsenal by CodeTemplar: 9:01pm On Jul 03, 2020 |
Acehart:? What do you mean? Who are you? |
Re: Selman: A Most Dangerous Weapon In Satan's Arsenal by Kobojunkie: 9:03pm On Jul 03, 2020 |
babajeje123:Don't simply ignore what your heart is telling you and dont try to make excuses so you can get it to quiet down. Find out the truth! 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Selman: A Most Dangerous Weapon In Satan's Arsenal by JourneytoEL(f): 9:13pm On Jul 03, 2020 |
Acehart:alright, I will. thanks, I had a nice day |
Re: Selman: A Most Dangerous Weapon In Satan's Arsenal by Hiswordxray(m): 10:07pm On Jul 03, 2020 |
babajeje123:I have been experiencing the same thing. I have never been able to listen to his message from start to finish. It just doesn't click 1 Like |
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