The National Deputy President of
the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, South South, Bishop Emmah Isong, on
Tuesday described the controversies surrounding tithing as a movement by anti
Christ groups and a sign of last days.
Speaking to Vanguard, he said:
“Let me tell you how this thing started. This thing started with the pastors
being accused of being too rich and owning private jets. Then they said these
pastors do not retire, to the issue of removing Christian Religious Studies
(CRS) and now tithing.”
“So when you take a cursory look
into this,you will discover that there has been a premeditated movement of anti
Christ groups and it is a sign of the last days, tithing is one of the seven
pillars of Christanity ,its unshakable, it will not hold water because most of
us come from Sunday school and have been established,” he said.
This is coming at a time when
several clergymen across Nigeria and celebrities are divided on the issue of
tithing.
He further explained that
although tithing is a scriptural injunction found in the Old Testament in
Genesis 14 and the New Testament in Mathew 23, it is not compulsory but
mandatory.
“Jesus said pay your tithe, but
observe other weightier maters of the law. So anybody waking up to argue about
tithing are of three classes.
“The first set is those who have
not been paying tithe because tithing is not compulsory but mandatory. It’s not
compulsory because I, as the pastor of CCCI cannot take a member to court for
not paying tithe.
“The second set of people are the
people of the satanic order (the illuminati). People who are looking for a way
to bring down the body of Christ. Then the third set of people are the
anti-church elements that have been in the internet. They live inside the
internet. If a pastor steals yam, it goes viral,” he said.
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Pastor, where did u get all these ur permutations? Is dt wot is recorded in ur own Bible? Did Jesus pay tithe or his apostles? And is dt the interpretation of ur own anti christ? Na wa o!
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