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I wonder why people are saying that Bokoharam are sponsored by Gej. If you think Gej is responsible for the unrest in the north, then who's responsible for killing all those Nysc youths during the polls in 2011?(after Gej was declared winner). I personally think the polity has a lot of dust raised so as to malign the goodwill of this government. Those hell-bent on snatching the government in 2015 will be put to shame!

Oduduwaboy: 'Touch not my anointed'...the perfect excuse for passivity and dictatorial tendencies in the Church. Yes, Rev. King also saw himself as an anointed all the while he made his female church members to serve him food naked and started setting some of them on fire; until the hand of the law reached him.

The case of Rev. King is something else. I will like to believe that the ladies in his case didn't act as true believers should. Else, they could have saved themselves earlier on. Your problem shouldn't be how the ''self-acclaimed'' man of God sees himself but your perception of the quality of his works and the fruits he exhibits. What you do thereafter, you'll be made to account for. This is where the confusion lies because so many christians now, don't know how to react to some delicate issues in the house of God.

Now, the issue of dealing with church-heads like this, is not to go about cursing and jesting. True christians are to be sober, in prayer, and admonishing themselves in fellowship on the right way to deal with the tricks of the devil. The problem nowadays is now the level of hard work it takes to distinguish a christian from the others. It's okay to say that we're in perilous times.

@ candour,

A true christain after perceiving the fruits of another brethren, ought to take the right path. The wrong thing to do, is to gather yourselves together with those outside the fold(atheists, muslims, et al) in an uncontrollably excited forum, and raining curses and jests on a brother facing temptations from the devil and his agents. The right thing to do is as paul wrote to the romans in (Romans 15:14)
[And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.]

Afolabi78: MUST WILL WAIT TILL ETERNATY FOR CHANGE TO COME. 5 YEAR IS ENOUGH FOR HIM TO BUILD STADARD HOSPITAL. ARE U OUT OF REASONING

not if the opposition let him do his job

@candour, to keep you in the loop, let me make myself clear so that you can understand the diversion on your part.

With good intention, you were butressing the point where God said ''touch not my anointed' which refers to God's warning to [the heathens] as a protection for [his chosen people].

Now, my point of using ''speak not against my anointed'' was simply to push my reasoning that [the anointed of God] [amongst his chosen people] should not be spoken against. In Numbers 12:6, God revealed that if there was really a true prophet amongst his chosen people, he will reveal himself to the prophet in dreams and visions. This leaves the people with the freewill to confirm if they truly perceive the man of God to be a true prophet through the fruits he exhibits(matthew 7:16)[By their fruits, you will know them...]. Now, christians become vulnerable because of the freedom of choice (Deuteronomy 30:15)[See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;]. My point is, it is up to you. Simple.

Hope you understand?

In the wake of the divorce case between pastor Chris and pastor Anita, there's been so many comments and expose from all angles here on Nairaland, and rightly so. However, after viewing all the opinions and commentaries on this platform, I will say that I'm moved to give mine - a simple case study. I will standing on the notion that we are not authorized to judge or speak against a ''self-acclaimed'' man of God, basing my arguments on the happenings from the book of Numbers 12:1-15.

Here are my conclusions:

** You may never know who a true man of God is. Nobody could, except the man of God himself (Numbers 12:6).

** A man of God may fall into sin but you have no rights whatsoever to speak against him. In this case, since it is not up to you to know if a ''self-acclaimed'' person is a man of God or not, it's more blessed to keep your mouth shut and let God himself who anointed him be the judge.

** By reading your bible everyday and speaking in tongues does not make you equal to a man that is anointed by God(if he truly is) and you shouldn't expect equal rights in God with a man of God (Numbers 12:2).

I bellieve it will be safer for us all if we leave the ''self-acclaimed'' man of God, pastor Chris oyakhilome to deal with this issue as directed by ''his'' God. We are all like 'clay' in the potter's hand and we as clay have no rights whatsoever to judge another 'clay'. Let the potter himself be the judge. Again, God said, speak not against my anointed. It is better to walk away free than to stand still fighting for a cause that is beyond your understanding. The way of God is far greater than the ways of men. Eternity is a personal journey, so you have to work out your own salvation by yourself. Don't try to change a man that doesn't want to change. A word is enough for the wise.

Reference: (Numbers 12:1-15)
1. And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.
2 And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard it.
3 (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.)
4 And the LORD spake suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of the congregation. And they three came out.
5 And the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both came forth.
6 And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will
make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.
7 My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house.
8 With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye
not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
9 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against them; and he departed.
10 And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam became leprous, white as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous.
11 And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned.
12 Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother's womb.
13 And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee.
14 And the LORD said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in
again.
15 And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again.