Two prominent voices, Pastor Adedolapo Lawal of Zoe Household Global and Apostle Harrison Ayintete of Goodness Nation, are at the center of a debate over Christian doctrine.
It began with a sermon by Pastor Dolapo Lawal in which he strongly critiqued preachers who promote the “once saved forever saved” idea. The idea promotes that once a person is saved, they are forever secure regardless of how they live afterwards.
What Pastor Dolapo Lawal is Saying
Lawal didn’t mince words as he suggested that anyone who teaches the doctrine has to “be demonised” to think that way and lead people to dangerous complacency. 
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To back up his point, he asked some questions directing the congregation back to the Bible like:
• If salvation is irreversible, why do the Epistles warn believers about falling from grace and avoiding false teachers?
• Why did Jesus address the seven churches in Revelation with serious warnings if their lampstands couldn’t be removed?
Lawal further distinguished between assurance of salvation (for those who continue in faith) and a blanket “once saved, forever saved” that allows someone to renounce Christ and still claim security.
What Apostle Harrison Ayintete is Saying
Apostle Harrison Ayintete clapped back as he responded with a direct video and posts addressing Dolapo by name.
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He started by expressing disappointment via X: “I thought you knew better,” before going on to defend the eternal security that salvation gives, vigorously.
“Pastor Adedolapo Lawal, sir, I thought you knew better than this though. According to your own John 3:16, the one who has believed has eternal life and will perish, right? Eternal life is quality of life; it is God’s life…”
Ayintete’s key argument was that John 3:16 promises that whoever believes “shall not perish” but has eternal life, and “eternal” means forever. He further argued that Eternal life doesn’t “perish” or face condemnation.
He added that the Epistles are for spiritual growth, maturity, and godly living, not for earning or keeping salvation, which is the work of the Holy Spirit.
Ayintete further challenged the notion that hyper-grace teachings are the root of sin in the church. In doing so, he pointed out moral failures across all streams of Christianity and even invited a public debate on the issue, signaling this wasn’t just a minor disagreement.
“Bro, how many churches preach Hypergrace? So all the sins in RCCG are sponsored by Hypergrace? All the lies in Deeper Life? Don’t they tell lies in your own churches? Has no one fornicated there? You people talk like you produce some better saints than we do. Look through politics, most offices are filled with members of prominent Pentecostal churches, yet corruption is the order of the day! I was thinking you were different, but bro, on this, you messed up! Like you really messed up! Like this is a real mess up!” Apostle Ayintete wrote on X.
It is not the first social media frenzy Harrison Ayintete and Dolapo Lawal have been at the centre of. In March 2026, Ayintete corrected Dolapo over a controversial teaching on submission, Adam, Eve, and marriage roles. Lawal responded humbly. He admitted the issue, publicly thanked Ayintete, and removed the video. It was widely praised as a model of maturity. We await his reply this time.
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