Poju Oyemade, the senior pastor
of Covenant Christian Centre, says pastors can associate with politicians, as
long as there is no monetary or material inducement involved.
Oyemade, who said he will not
criticise any pastor publicly, said the giving of gifts blinds the receiver,
and often affects their judgement.
When asked about the association
between some pastors and politicians, he said: “Let me tell you one thing I am
not going to do, I am not going to criticise pastors publicly”.
“I won’t do that. If I feel there
is anything wrong with anyone who is in the ministry, I think we have
structures and channels to correct the people.
“However, in terms of
association, I cannot say somebody is wrong because he is found to be
associating. However, it is important — this is what is important — it is
important, that no form of monetary inducements is done because it is the
giving of the gift that blinds people and affects your sense of judgement.
“Provided there is no exchange of
material things in terms of association, it is fine.”
SIMPLE ESSENCE OF CHRISTMAS
Sharing the essence of Christmas
with Nigerians via Channels TV, Oyemade employed the analogy of a man trying to
save ants from a maze, as told by Billy Graham, the great evangelist, to simply
explain the Christmas message.
“I will use an analogy I learnt
from the great Billy Graham to explain the essence of Christmas, which has to do
with the birth and the entrance of Christ in the earth,” Oyemade said.
“The way in which he described it
is like an ant lost in a maze and trying to find its way out, and you as a
human being which is more bigger, much intelligent than the ant is trying to
help that ant to get out of the maze.
“But what you realise is that
everytime you put your finger in to try to guide it out of the maze, it gets
scared by the size of your finger; that is the relationship between God and
man.
“In other words, God looks at man
and sees he has lost his way on the earth, and tries to help him by using His
hand to try to navigate his way through, He finds out every time He puts His
finger in, man gets scared, so decides to run away from him.
“So He says; the only way I can
do this, is to become an ant, and God says is to become a man, and then gets
into the maze of life with man, and then like an ant gets in and then shows the
other ant the way out.
“So the one, which is lost
follows that particular ant, and finds its way out. That is the essence of
Christmas. The entrance of God into humanity, in order to guide the affairs of
man correctly”.
He said Christ has a very
powerful message on leadership, which is the message of peace.
“The Bible says Of the increase
of his government and of peace there will be no end. The message of Christmas
to leadership is about peace,” he added.
The 50-year-old convener of The
Platform Nigeria asked Nigerians not to sell their votes in the 2019 elections.
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