Titilayodeji13: www.vanguardngr.com/2014/09/man-god-pastor-chris-oyakhilome/

By Femi Aribisala

If our marriage breaks down, we must not fool ourselves and others by insisting we are standing
in the righteousness of God

Christian pastors have become demigods. Their word is law; no questions asked. As Jesus said,
they teach as doctrines the commandments of men. (Matthew 15:9). They come up with all
kinds of self-serving principles that turn scripture on its head; just in order to justify themselves
before men and control their lives. I want to discuss Pastor Chris Oyakhilome.

Man of God
Pastor Chris is going through a rough patch at the moment. His wife, Pastor Anita, has filed for
divorce, accusing him of having inappropriate relationships with female church members, among
other things. Instead of waiting for his day in court, Pastor Chris has resorted to bogus
interpretations of the scriptures; even proclaiming he is a “man of God” and therefore above sin.

Pastor Chris declared to his congregation through a live telecast: “There are preachers and there
are men of God. I am not a preacher; I am a man of God, and I go in the way I’m asked to go.
You have to understand something about a man of God. A man of God is not just someone who
worships God or preaches God. A man of God is handpicked by God, set on course by God. If
you study the scriptures, you will not find one man of God go against God, sinning against God.”
What nonsense! Who made Pastor Chris a man of God? From which school of theology did he
get his sinless distinction? John says: “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and
the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to
cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and
his word is not in us.” (1 John 1:8-10).

David was a “man of God.” (2 Chronicles 8:14). Yet he committed adultery with Bathsheba.
Balaam was a “man of God;” yet he became apostate. The “man of God” who came from Judah
was killed by a lion because he sinned against God. (1 Kings 13:23-26).

But listen to what Pastor Chris says about himself: “We are not working in sin and living in sin
and hoping that we can mix sin and righteousness together. We are the manifestation of his
righteousness.” This is standing logic on its head. If our marriage breaks down, we must not
fool ourselves and others by insisting like Pastor Chris that we are standing in the righteousness
of God. There is no righteousness in divorce.

False Christ
In the bid to justify himself, Pastor Chris is fabricating similarities between Jesus Christ and
himself. He said: “Jesus Christ was accused by many – a lot of frivolous charges. There will
always be those who would like for it to be true. But you know, in spite of the accusations
against Jesus, it didn’t change who he was.”

However, Pastor Chris is not Jesus. Many accusations were indeed leveled against Jesus, but
they were not made by his wife and they did not include inappropriate relationships with the
opposite sex.

In short, Pastor Chris might be whoever he likes, but he is certainly not Jesus. Jesus says: “If I
bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.” (John 5:31).

Yes, there are “men of God” in the Old Testament. However, Jesus created no such distinction in
the New Testament; we are all “children of God.” Jesus says: “Unless you are converted and
become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 18:3).
Indeed, Jesus was implacably opposed to men like Pastor Chris, who sit on pedestals and claim
to be holier-than-thou. He says:

“Their lives are perpetual fashion shows, embroidered prayer shawls one day and flowery prayers
the next. They love to sit at the head table at church dinners, basking in the prominent positions,
preening in the radiance of public flattery, receiving honorary degrees, and getting called ‘Doctor’
and ‘Reverend’. Don’t let people do that to you, put you on a pedestal like that. You all have a
single Teacher, and you are all classmates.” (Matthew 23:5-.

Male chauvinism
While Oyakhilome was busy elevating himself, he was also snidely putting down his wife. He
said: “If you are married to a man of God, it doesn’t make you automatically mature. You can
make mistakes; you can do something that is wrong. But some people expect the wife of a
minister to definitely be at the level of that minister.”

This is an arrogant statement. What makes Oyakhilome more spiritually mature than his wife?
By what measure and by what criteria did he come to ascribe this superiority to himself? Anita
Oyakhilome was also a minister. She was a so-called pastor of a London branch of Christ
Embassy. So why should Pastor Chris presume himself more “minister” than her.

If we are to accept Pastor Chris’ bogus self-appellation as a “man of God;” what disqualifies
Anita from also being called a “woman of God?” Are women inferior to men? Oyakhilome said:
“If a man of God is married, it doesn’t automatically mean that the wife of a man of God is
therefore a woman of God. That’s not the way it is in the Bible. That’s why you don’t really find
the wives of men of God mentioned in the Bible…. You never find their names.”

What poppycock! When one of the female pastors in his audience asked why the names of
wives of the men of God were not mentioned in the bible; Oyakhilome’s response was a classic.
He exclaimed: “Why? You ask God when you find him. Ask God when you find him!”

But it was not God who fabricated this theory that the wife of a man of God cannot also be a
woman of God simply because wives’ names are not mentioned in the bible. It was Chris
Oyakhilome. Therefore, it is up to Chris Oyakhilome to provide us with another bogus
explanation.

Pastor Chris ended his diatribe by saying: “When it comes to Reverend Anita, what I will say to
you is ‘pray for her.’” There is no doubt that, more than anybody else; it is Pastor Chris himself
that is greatly in need of prayer.

Its so funny when I see the femi aribasala's of nairaland getting angry with malice concerning Pastor Chris or CEC. We no send una, 2day our church attendance was full as usual. Keep bringing up more topics concerning Pastor. WE GO SEE WHO GO TIRE B4 DECEMBER!

kmcutez:

Mr Man, why callest me useless.

no mind him, but he didnt type useless, but senseless, check again

IbokUtoroh:





abeg who be RITA?

na rita dominic

one tin I no is dat some plpp hav noting else in their brain than to critize pastors, leaders etc wen dey cannot control their own family...May God Help us

PastorOluT:

Am I reading riight? This coming from a Christ embassy member (ur moniker).

Well thank God many people are seeing the light n many will be dilivered from the bondage of these god of men n not jjust Chris.

i will never support wickedness cec member or not.

nora544:

Let us say he is better than all the other pastors from nigeria.

But I know also that he has doctrins which are not okay.

I know about him that he didnot want that people have a TV at home.

Yes, Pastor Kumuyi stands out among the renowned men of God in Nigeria, but just like any other he may still have his flaws/errors. Paul had his, so also Peter & many generals since the advent of d church. All these point to one fact, only the man whose righteousness annuls our sins is faultless. If God is taking attendance of sinners, none will be exempted. Dressed in His righteousness, I am faultless b4 His throne.

olorunsogo1: This is a good piece but a little lack of understanding on the part of the writer. "Do not judge anything before time" Issues of life are complicated regardless of who you are - Man of God or child of God.

God is the only true Judge. What Saul did that God rejected him was in no way compared to several things that David did yet God forgave him. Is there any injustice in God? No. He only know what anyone else don't know.

So if we don't know what exactly the problem is and we are not in close contact with people involved - our responsibility is therefore to pray for them. No one will be happy seeing his marriage tearing apart.

Praying for people in this kind of problem rather than criticism is what is missing in our World. Bible teaches us to strengthen the feeble kneel and the weak hand. Please let's pray for Pst. Chris in his trouble - that's our responsibility.

David sinned and asked for forgiveness with fasting and tears.

Oyakilolo sinned and is arrogant and tries to deceive the people. Divorce is a terrible sin especially for pastors. Because God used marriage to illustrate his unbreakable relationship with his church. HE called his church HIS bride.

Tallesty1: He is Not a man of God............

Bros u should have read ur signature once again before commenting.

Shady98: ..
Oga's una no go church?

Church don close now.Lols

fapcrook: no mind him, but he didnt type useless, but senseless, check again

useless, senseless, worthless, stupid, nonsensical etc can be interchanged in the context of his remarks, so really no difference.

The bible is not scarce, and the one figure we should aim towards edifying is Jesus. I have made it a point of duty not to be carried away by men who profess christ. The reason perhaps why men of God of old never carried along by their wives on their missionary journeys could possibly be because of the difficult terrain then. In most cases, theygo on several kilometers on foot, but in this time and age, i do not believe their wives cannot be carried along. On this part, I disagree with the man of God, Kriss. If you want to properly do the work, then stay unmarried, but as long as you took the decision to be married, you owe your family your attention to a large extent.

yelfal: Its because of this kind of quotes that i adviced us to deal with our issues wisely. Lets make effort to keep the bond of peace. Jesus is real, his love is true and he is the author and finisher of our faith. God is aware of this situatn and he has it covered.

Please stop the worship of all these foreign gods so we can move forward as a nation and be productive, and not be slaves in our own land.

ehisdan: Bros u should have read ur signature once again before commenting.

Do you know how much I know bout his case?

EpicNigerian:

Back in the day for uni,one of our fellowship leaders dey always talk say "You can't have the spirit of god inside of you and still be humble."

Till today I never still know wetin dat guy mean.

He meant u can't have Gods spirit and remain quiet about d gospel or ur christian walk with God. A christian ought to burn like fire u know?

christemmbassey: i will never support wickedness cec member or not.

Sincerely I salute ur courage, hope u speak to ur bro n sis in the church?

yelfal: Who qualifies? who justifies? I guess you assume you are perfect and acceptable because you are covered all over. My dear no be so o. by the way am not taking sides just setting the record straight.

My brother,i am not perfect. I even commit more sins than oyakhilome sef. But i recognise when i go astray and constantly ask for the grace not to. But this man feels he is above sin and yet he claims to be a man of God. It seems he reads da bible up-side down.

lastmessenger: I can only say that I give up on all them pastors.time for the holy ghost to pastor me in my room.

Dont Say That Bro. Read Acts 2:46:42,47

Years back, I had a dream where I saw pastor Chris sitting with another gentleman at table in a large living room and I was standing at a distance watching but heard myself say .... "oh no, so pastor Chris is into homosexuality?" He overheard me and as I walked towards him, he stood with a knife to stab me. I quickly overpowered him, holding him down on his seat and consumed with compassion, I began praying for him that God should deliver him ...........and I woke up!

Till date, I still wonder what that dream means; never attended his church, never met him.

lastmessenger: I can only say that I give up on all them pastors.time for the holy ghost to pastor me in my room.

funny u

Jesus said "let him who is without sin cast the first stone" the worst anyone can do to himself is making slandering remarks about any pastor or man of God. Let God judge for himself,its his name that is used not my name or yours. Do not come to a platform like this to incite people against men of God. Please note that I have never been to Christ Embassy in my life. Do not play with God's annointed. A word is enough for the wise.

nora544:

Let us say he is better than all the other pastors from nigeria.

But I know also that he has doctrins which are not okay.

I know about him that he didnot want that people have a TV at home.

Perfect silly miss nora the disscerner of fake men of God 4rm real men of God. Pls tell us d real men of God in nigeria?

I read all the comments above in dismay.

If your life is so star spangled awesome and perfect, then go ahead and keep judging.

Otherwise, get a spanner and start screwing all the loosened bolts in your head.

LIVE AND LET LIVE!!!

How e come dey do una? Let Pastor Chris sort out his marital issues himself. This cheap fame that everyone is trying to get with this story is becoming boring...

In other news, wetin do Man U?

kaysparks: Jesus said "let him who is without sin cast the first stone" the worst anyone can do to himself is making slandering remarks about any pastor or man of God. Let God judge for himself,its his name that is used not my name or yours. Do not come to a platform like this to incite people against men of God. Please note that I have never been to Christ Embassy in my life. Do not play with God's annointed. A word is enough for the wise.

sorry what you write is not tru, please read in the bible.

You are a brainwased follower of an other new church in nigeria.

touchmeder: Do u realize u are also a man of God and that both of u are created in the image and likeness of God? This spiritual servitude needs to stop. Jesus spoke with boldness 2d religious leaders of his days. The early apostles did d same without fear or favour. This day a child of God cannot even call to question a glaring wrong or immorality (COZA) against a man of God without the 'judge not' crew rushing in. I don't know how we are all reading this same bible sha.

Only a hypocrite will talk d way u r talking right now and am 100% sure u certainly not a christian. Can u minister in front a millions of viewers? Can u counsel hundreds of people everyday? Can u read the Bible off hand to thousands of people for more than 10yrs? so my guy if u can't do all these little I just mntion shut ur trash mouth and pack ur stinky face go one corner abeg plus d senseless mugu liking ur shitty words

Stelvin101: No comment. I Can't judge an ordinary man not to mention a man of God . God will surely handle him if he is a false prophet and replenish him if he is truly a man of God. Same goes for every other prophet.

Where you there when GOD declared him his man?

timilehing: I'll use this space to call on the following people to come and defend their pastor as usual:
1. Hubreality
2. Donnie
3. joagbaje
4. Pepeye
5. The rest of CEC members

Thank you

I'll also call on SirJohn (& the rest) to follow this thread bumper-bumper

don't be silly bros because cec members do not defend pastor. God is his defense. Cec members comment here to help d little children in christ 4rm falling victims to d lies and hate comments fabricated on nairaland.

TIRED OF THIS SAGA! IT IS NON OF MY BUSINESS OOO! FACE YOUR WORK! WHAT WILL IT PROFIT YOU, IF AFTER ALL THE CRITICISMS AND SUCKER PUNCHES ON ERRING CLERICS, YOU FIND YOURSELF FACING A PANEL IN HELL FIRE

So many preachers and Judges on NL.however,this one thing I'm sure of that is:marriage is a union of two forgivers.

1stCitizen:

Where you there when GOD declared him his man?

I wonder. Someone was saying kumuyi is the only exception. There are no exception. Just money mongers justifying their action via a 4000 years book in a modern society. How ironic.

anthoniosp: like seriously i dnt get d connection b/w nairaland and vanguard in this thread!! Ehen OP which 1 na? Why the long post na abi u sef na man of God too?

NO, THE op IS NOT CLAIMING TO BE MAN OF GOD IS YOU THAT IS DISPLAYING HOW LAZY YOUR SKULL IS!

Kastamonu: I only blame the fools following him and attending his church. When you see a fake "man of God", you should be able to recognize him/her. They make noise about themselves.

and jerry curled their hair

peppyluv02: See how you and the mumus that liked your post are fooling yourselves and showing your ignorance to the world.
Is it not your demi god pastor that said his wife is not a woman of God?
You won't read but hastily jump into conclusion.
Istolodo

You must be a cretin!
lousy bîtch