AROME OSAYI: THE PECULIAR TREASURE WHO MUST NOT BE INSULTED (PART II)

“Jesus Is Jealous About Me—Baaaadly!”

By Akin Ojumu

In Part I of this commentary, we examined the extraordinary testimony of Arome Osayi, who claimed that a young woman became dumb immediately after insulting him during a church meeting.

According to his account, the young woman thought he was proud and made the mistake of expressing that opinion.

She allegedly became mute on the spot.

When the ushers brought her before him, Arome admitted that he initially entertained the thought of allowing her to remain in that condition for fifteen years.

FIFTEEN YEARS!

And what was her offense?

She thought Arome Osayi was proud.

Eventually, after the ushers pleaded and the young woman reportedly expressed her remorse in writing, the powerful “apostle” says he began intensely begging Jesus to restore her speech.

After sustained intercession, her tongue was supposedly loosed.

But the most revealing part of the entire testimony was not even the alleged miracle. It was Arome’s explanation of why the incident supposedly happened.

JESUS IS JEALOUS ABOUT AROME OSAYI—BADLY!

Having narrated the alleged punishment and restoration of the young woman, Arome Osayi proceeds to explain his extraordinary standing with the Lord Jesus Christ.

Buckle up, people. Brace yourselves for one of the most profound expressions of hubris you would ever hear.

“If I don’t know anything I know that Jesus is jealous about me badly...baaaddd...You...I don’t know how you know God o, but I’m different. I am a peculiar treasure. I’m...I have been raised so that nations will learn the ways of God undiluted. So, I’m...I’m a treasure.”

There it is!

The grand revelation!

AROME OSAYI, THE PECULIAR TREASURE!

The secret of the divine economy!

The explanation for why a young woman supposedly lost her ability to speak for insulting a preacher!

AROME OSAYI IS DIFFERENT!

He is not like ordinary Christians. He is not like the rest of us. He is a peculiar treasure.

Jesus is pretty jealous about him.

Badly!

Baaaddd!

And apparently, the Lord will not tolerate anyone who fails to appreciate the extraordinary treasure that Arome Osayi represents.

According to Arome, he has been specially raised so that entire nations might learn the ways of God without dilution.

And how did he arrive at such an exalted understanding of himself?

Did he discover this unique status through careful exegesis of Scripture?

Did the Apostles teach that God would raise up an Arome Osayi who would occupy this extraordinarily elevated position in redemptive history?

Did the New Testament identify him as the indispensable custodian of undiluted divine revelation?

Not quite.

Here is Arome’s explanation:

“That’s what God said.”

Well, there you have it. Case closed. The highest court of theological appeal has apparently spoken.

God said it. Arome heard it. And the rest of us are expected to accept it.

How convenient!

There is no need to establish the claim from Scripture when one can simply announce that God personally supplied the information.

This is one of the most dangerous features of contemporary prophetic culture.

A man makes an extravagant claim about himself, attributes it to God, and then expects everyone else to treat his self-description as divine revelation.

But claiming that God said something is not evidence that God said it. And a preacher’s personal conviction about his own greatness does not become biblical truth merely because he attaches the name of God to it.

THERE IS NO SPIRITUAL ARISTOCRACY IN BIBLICAL CHRISTIANITY

Let us now examine the theology behind Arome’s extraordinary assertions.

The first problem is that Scripture does not teach that God has established a privileged aristocracy of contemporary preachers who are so extraordinarily precious to Him that criticism of them attracts immediate supernatural punishment.

Where is this taught in Scripture?

Where did Jesus promise His ministers immunity from criticism?

Where did the Apostles teach that questioning the humility of a preacher constitutes an offense against God?

And where does the New Testament establish a privileged caste of supposedly anointed men whose reputations must be defended through supernatural punishment?

Nowhere.

This is not biblical Christianity. It is religious authoritarianism masquerading as spiritual authority.

The New Testament presents a radically different picture of Christian leadership.

Consider the Apostle Peter.

Unlike Arome Osayi, Peter was not a self-appointed apostle. 

He was personally called by Jesus Christ. He walked with the incarnate Son of God. He witnessed the transfiguration. He saw the risen Christ. He was among those entrusted with the foundational apostolic ministry.

And yet, when Peter acted hypocritically, the Apostle Paul confronted him publicly.

Galatians 2:11

“But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.”

Did you catch that?

Paul opposed Peter to his face.

Not because Peter was an impostor. Not because Peter lacked genuine apostolic authority. But because Peter’s conduct contradicted the truth of the Gospel.

His authentic apostolic office did not place him above correction. His extraordinary spiritual privileges did not exempt him from accountability. His foundational role in the Church did not make criticism of his conduct an offense against heaven.

And yet, we are now expected to believe that Arome Osayi occupies such an elevated position in the divine economy that a young woman who thinks he is proud may be struck speechless.

What extraordinary theological gymnastics must one perform to arrive at such a conclusion?

If Peter, a genuine Apostle, could be rebuked publicly for his hypocrisy, what makes Arome Osayi immune from criticism?

If Paul could confront Peter without attracting supernatural punishment, why should anyone believe that criticizing a contemporary preacher invites divine retaliation?

The answer is obvious.

There is no biblical basis for the claim.

The authority of Christian ministers is never absolute. Their teachings and conduct remain subject to the scrutiny of Scripture.

No pastor, prophet, apostle, or self-proclaimed peculiar treasure occupies a spiritual throne above correction.

And that brings us to another revealing aspect of Arome Osayi’s extraordinary testimony.

What does the Bible actually mean when it describes God’s people as His peculiar treasure?

Does that designation establish the superiority of an individual preacher? Or does it point to something entirely different?

We’ll examine those questions in Part III.

To be continued.