An Abuja based cleric has cautioned both christian and non-christian comedians to refrain from using christianity or any other religion for entertainment.

Sarah Omakwu, Senior Pastor of Family Worship Centre (FWC) in Abuja, gave the caution on Sunday in Abuja during her Bible teaching series on “How to Love God”.

Omakwu said that part of loving God is to reverence him and to defend the gospel of Jesus Christ and all He represents.

“Making jokes about christianity is provoking and a mockery to God and to those who believe in God, in Jesus and in Christianity.

“Comedians should stop using God’s words for comedy and other forms of entertainment.

“Comedians should stop throwing jokes about the word of God, the Holy Spirit, the Holy Communion, anointing oil, deliverance and powers.

“Christian comedians, especially, ought to be telling the world about God and not making Christianity look like a joke to those whom they ought to be evangelising to,” she said.

She cautioned christians to refrain from reposting ‘silly’ comedys about the gospel of Christ and about pastors and men of God.

According to her, most of the comedies are not funny, but silly and provoking to those who believe.

“If other religion do not joke about their religion, why should christians joke about theirs.

“Loving and knowing God include reverencing God, fearing him and honouring him both in words and in action.

“If comedians must tell jokes to entertain the people, they should use the things of the world to entertain the world.

“Christians should follow the examples of the three Hebrew boys in Daniel 3:16-18 in the Bible, who were ready to lose their lives in order to defend the gospel of Christ.

“Same thing with Daniel in the Bible who was thrown into the lions’ den.

“All these are examples that todays Christians should emulate,” she said.

Omakwu said that Christians must be intentional in defending the gospel, not in a way to incite or cause trouble but in a way that pleases God and to draw men to Him.

She noted that in an attempt to curb the attitude of telling Christian jokes which she considered to be provoking, a ban was placed from telling christian jokes on the church alter.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the cleric gave the caution against the back drop of a trending video where someone posing as pastor was seen warning a congregation not to destroy things while under any form of anointing or deliverance.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/02/cleric-cautions-comedians-against-using-christianity-for-jokes/amp/

Here is the video that made the pastor Condemn such jokes:
If You Fall Under Anointing And Break Anything Here, You'll Pay. Pastor Warns

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tL9eC5qzEv4

Well spoken ma

So true.. Most of the actors are even Christians, no respect for the virtue of speaking in tongues, no respect for the holy Bible, no respect for the doctrine.. But they dare not mock the Muslims or Islam, they know the consequence is ultimate execution nonsense and ignorance.

God bless Sony interactive entertainment ;God bless Pastor Sarah Omakwu;God bless Nigeria ;God bless Kogi state; God bless the good people of Okene

The way I hate those two stupid things we call religion ehnnn. Nigerians have made anything religion disgust me. Religion is the major reason why africa is as it is today, very backward and disgusting. There is nothing good religion has done for us. Just imagine a world with only black people in it, or have you ever wondered how africa would have looked like with zero western influence.

True true

Nice one
Also pastors who bring comedians to crack jokes on alter should desist

Making jokes about christianity is provoking and a mockery to God and to those who believe in God, in Jesus and in Christianity.
Comedians should stop using God’s words for comedy and other forms of entertainment.
Comedians should stop throwing jokes about the word of God, the Holy Spirit, the Holy Communion, anointing oil, deliverance and powers.

SECONDED!


Even apart from Comedians, what about some uncultured souls that abound?
The truth of this whole issue is,
We don't know if youths of nowadays ever sit down and plan to make their life meaningful. 
All they are looking for is to say trash against men and women of God.
What many of you don't know is that you keep shutting doors against your self and your future when you say bs against God's servants.

Just because you have a phone do not give you the right to come online to comment on things you don't understand and say different kinda trash.

Well, we will continue to remember you in our prayers. 
We just pray God have mercy on this generation. 

gaius01:
I succumb !

You are a wise man sir!

HabaHaba:
Well said! God bless you sir.

God bless you too sir.

Btw,
We no be sir o,
We are simply WE.

Svoboda:
God bless you.

Amen.
God bless you too boda.

Una pastors don turn am to joke before now. Na lie? D thing wey dey vex me be say these pastors... All of them, dey deceive people on broad day light. I Waka pass one church one afternoon wey d pastor dey bless one man so call seed say God don reveal am say d man go get visa to U.S. I just shake head

Tooh

What's funny is that even pastors nowadays are competing eagerly with comedians by making ridiculous statements in a bid to be funny.

It's appalling. This must be stopped ASAP

Your fellow pastors are d ones turning it into a joke.


Ask Odumeji

ppl crack expensive jokes which is not right

Gamer999:
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Horse

as per PA to Jesus wey you be, this pastor go worse pass Elisha

It's well..
The country get as e be..
I no understand which direction we face like this
Wether na north pole of cardinals embryo.
What I'm I saying self.

Supported fully because you can't try such thrash with the peaceful religion in Islamabad.

Even Amadioha , Sango and Ogun worshippers doesn't take their deities for a joke.

It's degrading of our faith. I hope they adhere to her advise

Plz tell dem ma , this what they do all the time , just for fun .

shut up

This thing is getting too much

They think Christianity is a joke

Righteousness2:
Great Motherly advice..

The LORD JESUS Christ is so Merciful, so many people today Joke and Play with his Name.
Some without Fear or Reverence of any sort Even Joke using the HolySpirit.

We Must be Careful in order not to fall into the Hands of an angry GOD.
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

Thank you Pastor

100% truth.

Totally agree.

The trend has become very alarming.

Funny enough they don't make joke of the other head slamming religion of peace

Comedy itself is frown upon by God. It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of rejoicing, says the Good Book. It adds, blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
God expects us to repent and mourn for our sins. Not laughing the world away oblivious that the world has been condemned before Him. Jokes are mostly sinful because jokes are lies. God doesn't joke and we should be like Him as Christians.

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Lol,,,,,why camera men no they fall under anointing self,na only them no they fall, waiting happen