When Evidence Fails: The Call to Repentance and the Test of LightWhen Evidence Fails: The Call to Repentance and the Test of Light
When Evidence Fails: The Call to Repentance and the Test of Light
By Professor Ojo Emmanuel Ademola
The Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) stands today in a defining moment of spiritual accountability. As the Church continues to confront the historical distortions surrounding the 1990 rebellion, one truth has become unmistakably clear: those who oppose the truth have produced no evidence against it because there is no light in them. This is not a statement of condemnation; it is a statement of Scripture, a statement of spiritual reality, and a statement of moral responsibility.
The prophetic word of Hosea provides a piercing lens through which this moment must be understood.
False Altars, Divided Hearts, and the Absence of Light
Hosea 10:1–3 — A Mirror for Our Times
“Israel is an empty vine… according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars… Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars.”
Hosea describes a people who prospered outwardly but decayed inwardly. Their increase produced false altars, their blessings produced idolatry, and their hearts became divided. When confronted with truth, they had no evidence, no defence, no light.
This is the spiritual condition of those who continue to resist the truth about CAC’s constitutional history. Their arguments collapse under scrutiny. Their claims evaporate under documentation. Their narratives crumble under the weight of evidence. And their voices falter when confronted with the repentance of their own leader before his death.
Creative Redemption in Hosea’s Prophecy
Hosea’s message is not a narrow proclamation of judgement; it is a sweeping revelation of creative redemption, a divine movement in which God overturns the false altars erected by human pride, exposes the divided loyalties of the heart, and transforms misused blessings into renewed obedience. In Hosea’s prophetic vision, prosperity that once fuelled idolatry is stripped of its deceptive power; the divided heart that once resisted covenant truth is confronted and healed; and the blessings that were once misdirected toward rebellion are reclaimed for righteousness. It is a picture of God breaking down every structure built on deception, every altar erected in darkness, and every pillar raised in defiance of His authority—so that His people may return to the purity of covenant faithfulness. This is precisely the spiritual pattern God is calling the Christ Apostolic Church to embrace today: a movement from distortion to truth, from rebellion to repentance, from divided hearts to restored obedience, and from misused spiritual heritage to a renewed walk in the light of Christ.
When Evidence Fails, Repentance Begins
The God of Apostle Joseph Ayo Babalola will never allow anyone to trample upon, dilute, or manipulate His covenant with the Christ Apostolic Church. The crisis of 1990 was not a misunderstanding, nor a doctrinal debate, nor an administrative disagreement; it was a brazen rebellion against constituted authority under the 1943 Articles of Association and the 1985 Certificate of Incorporation (No. 147). Those who participated in the coup have spent decades attempting to justify their actions through fabricated doctrines of “excommunication” and “insubordination”—doctrines that never existed in any constitutional record, trustee minute, or lawful ecclesiastical process. And yet, when confronted with truth, they have no evidence: not a document, not a minute, not a resolution, not a constitutional clause, not a legal verdict, not a trustee’s signature—nothing whatsoever. Their silence is not humility; it is emptiness. Their arguments are not theological; they are evasive. Their claims are not historical; they are imaginative. And their resistance is not conviction; it is darkness. For Scripture declares that “to the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.” The God who raised Babalola, who thundered at Odo‑Owa, who sanctified the early apostles of CAC, will never permit falsehood to stand where His covenant has been established. He will expose deception, overturn rebellion, and vindicate truth. Those who cannot provide evidence against the truth are called—urgently and mercifully—to repentance; otherwise, we must conclude, by the authority of Scripture and the witness of history, that there is no light in them.
Scripture Speaks Clearly
The testimony of Scripture is unmistakably clear and utterly uncompromising. The apostle John declares that “If we say we have fellowship with Him and walk in darkness, we lie and do not the truth” — a solemn reminder that no one can claim spiritual legitimacy while resisting the light of truth. Isaiah strengthens this witness with prophetic finality: “To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.” These are not casual observations; they are divine verdicts. When men cannot produce evidence against the truth — when their claims collapse under scrutiny, when their narratives evaporate before documentation, when their arguments fail before the testimony of Scripture and history — the Word of God concludes that there is no light in them. This is not my verdict, nor is it the verdict of the Christ Apostolic Church; it is the verdict of the eternal Word, the judgement of the covenant, the standard of divine righteousness. Those who oppose truth without evidence stand exposed by Scripture itself, and the only path left open to them is the path of repentance. If they refuse that path, if they persist in darkness, if they continue to resist the truth without proof, then by the authority of the Word we must conclude that light is absent, and darkness remains their chosen habitation.
The Repentance Before Death: Truth Vindicated
Instead of repentance, they have chosen once again to threaten those who stand up for the truth. This was their exact method at the beginning of the crisis, and it has resurfaced with the same venom and the same darkness. Can a leopard change its colour? Can a lion indeed turn into a vegetarian? Those who were violent against truth in 1990 have not changed their nature; they have merely refined their tactics. Their threats today are the echoes of their rebellion yesterday. Yet the God of Apostle Joseph Ayo Babalola, the God who thundered at Odo‑Owa, the God who sanctified the early apostles of CAC, will never allow anyone to tamper with His covenant with the Christ Apostolic Church. The most compelling witness in this entire saga remains the repentance of the principal architect of the rebellion. Before his passing, he issued a public press release and swore to an affidavit, confessing the truth of the rebellion and acknowledging the error of their uprising. His repentance dismantled decades of false narratives, exposed the deception behind fabricated doctrines, vindicated the Supreme Council, and confirmed the truth of CAC’s constitutional history. His confession stands as a divine witness that truth ultimately prevails, for as Scripture declares: “For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.” Those who now threaten truth‑tellers must reckon with this reality: if they cannot produce evidence against the truth, they are called to repentance; if they refuse repentance, then by the authority of Scripture and the witness of history, there is no light in them. Their threats cannot silence truth. Their intimidation cannot overturn covenant. Their resistance cannot extinguish the light. The Word of God has spoken, and the covenant of CAC shall stand.
The Moral and Spiritual Demand of This Hour
Some voices now urge us to “forget the past” and “move on,” but forgetting the past is not a virtue when the past is saturated with lies, deceptions, distortions, and deliberate rebellion. To forget such a past is not healing; it is avoidance. It is not wisdom; it is weakness. It is not unity; it is compromise. Our children will not castigate us for telling the truth; they will castigate us for concealing it. Good children—those raised in righteousness, integrity, and the fear of God—do not condemn truth‑tellers; they condemn those who knowingly perpetuate falsehood and protect darkness. This is not a season for sweeping matters under the carpet, nor a season for convenient silence, nor a season for pretending that wounds heal without cleansing. This is the season of repentance, the hour of truth, the moment when the Church must confront what happened with courage, humility, and covenant fidelity.
Indeed, the past shall be revealed, the truth shall be declared, and those who have been “eating fat”—indeed, full‑fat—from the crisis shall be exposed by the grace of God. Their exposure is not for humiliation but for purification; not for vengeance but for restoration; not for division but for revival. For the Christ Apostolic Church cannot build a formidable future on a foundation of falsehood. Unity without truth is fragile, peace without repentance is deceptive, and revival without integrity is impossible. The God of Apostle Joseph Ayo Babalola is calling His Church to a holy reckoning, a sacred cleansing, and a return to covenant truth. Those who resist this call must choose repentance or face the Scriptural conclusion that there is no light in them, for the Word of God has spoken and the covenant of CAC shall stand.
If They Cannot Provide Evidence, They Must Repent
The Christ Apostolic Church cannot build a formidable future on a foundation of falsehood, for every structure erected on deception is destined to crumble under the weight of divine scrutiny. Unity without truth is fragile, peace without repentance is deceptive, and revival without integrity is impossible. The covenant God who raised Apostle Joseph Ayo Babalola does not bless pretence; He blesses purity.
Therefore, the call before us is unmistakably clear: if they cannot provide evidence against the truth, they must repent, for repentance is the only doorway back into the light. And if they refuse repentance—if they continue to resist truth without proof, if they persist in narratives that collapse under Scripture and history—then the Word of God itself concludes that there is no light in them, for darkness cannot produce evidence against truth. This is not harshness; it is holiness. This is not condemnation; it is covenant. This is not division; it is divine order.
Essentially, the prophetic mantle of CAC demands holiness, discipline, and submission to divine truth. The apostolic fire that birthed the Church must be rekindled—not through political manoeuvres, not through intimidation, not through threats, but through prayer, repentance, and truth. Only then can CAC rise again in the full strength of its covenant, its heritage, and its God.
Conclusion: Light, Truth, and the Lordship of Christ
The Christ Apostolic Church was born in revival, carried on the shoulders of men who walked in holiness, prayer, and uncompromising truth. It must therefore be restored in truth, for no revival can flourish where falsehood is tolerated, and no covenant can stand where deception is allowed to breathe. And it will be sustained only by the Lordship of Jesus Christ, who is the Light of the world and the Defender of His covenant with CAC. Those who resist truth must either produce evidence or repent; there is no third path, no alternative doorway, no clever argument that can replace the demand of righteousness. If they cannot produce evidence against the truth, then repentance is their only path back into the light. If they refuse repentance—if they persist in narratives that collapse under Scripture, history, and covenant testimony—then Scripture itself declares with solemn finality that there is no light in them, for darkness cannot stand before truth. May the Lord grant us courage to stand for truth, humility to embrace repentance, and grace to walk in the light, so that CAC may rise again in purity, power, and prophetic integrity under the eternal Lordship of Jesus Christ.
JESUS IS LORD.
Professor Ojo Emmanuel Ademola General Evangelist, Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) Nigeria and Overseas