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Mysterious Legacies and Facts About Apostle Joseph Ayodele Babalola
Mysterious Legacies and Facts About Apostle Joseph Ayodele Babalola
The last book I read in 2017 was “Mysterious Legacies of J.A Babalola”
by E.H.L Olusheye. I found it in my dad’s library few days to the end of
the year and I immediately picked it up.
(I’ll use “Baba” to refer to Apostle Babalola in this post because that’s
what I call him).
Prior to my reading the book, I had heard a lot about Baba from people
like my Father, mother, pastors and so on as I was born and brought up
in the Christ Apostolic Church but nothing they said really struck me.
I spent my formative years in the Christ Apostolic Church and back then,
I always saw Baba’s picture in the Church and wondered why he was so
important.
Fast forward to many years later, I had learnt more about Baba and seen
that he was more than just a “mighty man of God”. Baba was legacy
even while he lived, one of the greatest entities that treaded the surface
of the earth.
His Birth.
He was born on the 25th of April 1904 to Pa David Lawani Rotimi and
Madam Martha Talabi Rotimi. His mother narrated the several
encounters she had before his birth. Angels appeared to her on her way
to the farm telling her of the mighty man she was about to birth.
On the night of his birth, there was a very heavy rain fall and thunder like
never before.
The Call.
Even though it was evident that there was a call upon the life of Baba
due to the mysterious circumstances that surrounded his birth and
strange experiences he had growing up, he didn’t get a direct call until
1928 while he worked as a steamroller along Akure-ilesha road by the
river Ariran. He heard a loud voice from above like the roar of thunder
which called his name thrice saying “Joseph! Joseph!! Joseph!!!
Leave this job you are doing; if not, this year you are going to be
cut off from the earth.” Again On 11 October 1928, while trying
to repair his machine, he heard an audible voice from the Lord to
abandon the job he was doing and start preaching. That is how he
received the call and he went into fasting and prayer.
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The Water of Life (Omi Iye)
Another powerful fact about Baba was his indisputable healing power.
He was known to use water for healing which prompted the popular
C.A.C song then: “Babalola Olomi Iye re o. Omi Iye, Iye, Iye, re o. Omi
Iye…” which means “Babalola with the water of life”.
People with all sorts of illnesses and diseases that came in contact with
the water were immediately completely healed.
Baba used different Psalms for different forms of prayers. He had Psalms
for warfare prayers, protection prayers, prayers for favor and so on which
he passed to his followers and is still being practiced till date.
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